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From the Houston Chronicle:
Kids these days are apparently not content to just sit around swigging from a flask the way their parents did when they were young. From “butt chugging” to “eyeballing vodka,” add a new alcohol consumption trend to the list: smoking alcohol.
According to knowyourmeme.com, this trend actually got its start in 2004 with the introduction of alcohol without liquid devices known as AWOL. The devices “vaporize” alcohol which allows it to be inhaled, rather than drunk. Over 20 states have since banned the devices.
The trend didn’t really gain popularity until earlier this year when a YouTube user uploaded a video clip showing how to vaporize alcohol using a plastic bottle and bicycle pump. Copycats have since uploaded videos of themselves also “smoking alcohol.” Some pour the alcohol over dry ice instead of using the plastic bottle and bicycle pump.
Kids seem to think that by smoking alcohol, you can bypass some negative consequences of consuming alcohol such DUI or your parents catching you and grounding you. (Please note: If you ingest alcohol it will show up in your bloodstream. You can get charged with DUI and your parents are probably going to notice.)
Also, inhaling alcohol is really bad for your health. It’s toxic to the lungs. It goes straight to the brain, meaning you lose the benefit of slow metabolization and if you overdo it, the protective impulse to vomit isn’t going to save you.  http://blog.chron.com/healthzone/2013/06/warning-smoking-alcohol-may-be-hazardous-to-your-health/
Stupid kids, but hey, they are using science to get their high, so they are using some schooling.
Seriously, our parents did stupid things, we did stupid things, our kids will do stupid things and their kids will do stupid things.