Methylated Spirits Is Poisonous Alcohol

There is a new trend among students, particularly secondary school students, in Nandi County-and probably elsewhere- to use cheap psychotropic substances including Kuber tobacco in addition to alcoholic beverages. As a result number have lost their lives while a few have been lucky to escape with only loss of sight.

One of the cheapest yet dangerous alcoholic beverages is methylated spirit (in Australia, South Africa and the United Kingdom) but also called denatured rectified spirit i.e. ethanol that has additives like methanol (hence "methylated spirits) to make it poisonous, bad-tasting, foul-smelling, or nauseating to discourage recreational . . .

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