Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer!
As many as six California teenagers were hospitalized
with alcohol poisoning last month,
and two last weekend alone,
from drinking hand sanitizer.
Coming on the heels of cough medicine,
hand sanitizer is the latest in a string of household products
used to induce intoxication,
and it has public health officials worried,
as a few squirts of hand sanitizer could
equal a couple of shots of hard liquor.
Parents should treat hand sanitizers
“like we treat any medication in the home
as far as safety is concerned.
Keep it out of reach, out of sight,
and out of mind when not in use.”
It's hoped that parents and store clerks would
become more vigilant and monitor
the sales of hand sanitizers.
"Most stores will sell it to an adolescent
without thinking twice,” a director
of toxicology told ABC News.
“Maybe now they will.”
If you are a parent of a teen,
or just know someone who is a parent or a teen,
please take a moment to
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Teens Getting Drunk on Hand Sanitizer!
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