Mark Haden, a UBC professor in the School of Population and Public Health, was interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Current about a synthetic alcohol called alcosynth that does not produce side effects but does result in a “buzz.”
While he is excited about the potential of a synthetic alcohol substitute, he cautions it should not be viewed as a silver bullet.
“We don’t know very much about it yet […] Many drugs have come down the pipes being touted as absolutely fabulous and subsequently were proved to not be,” he said.
