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6/7     Dutch students invent powdered alcohol:
        http://preview.tinyurl.com/2xoe37 (news.yahoo.com)
        \_ Powdered alcohol has been around a long time.  Their only
           inventiveness is in circumventing the age/tax laws.
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Reuters Just add water - students invent alcohol powder Wed Jun 6, 10:04 AM ET AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors. Top it up with water and you have a bubbly, lime-colored and -flavored drink with just 3 percent alcohol content. They are really more into it because you can compare it with Bacardi-mixed drinks," 20-year-old Harm van Elderen told Reuters. Van Elderen and four classmates at Helicon Vocational Institute, about an hour's drive from Amsterdam, came up with the idea as part of their final-year project. "Because the alcohol is not in liquid form, we can sell it to people below 16," said project member Martyn van Nierop. The legal age for drinking alcohol and smoking is 16 in the Netherlands. In Germany, alcopops -- sweet drinks containing alcohol and in powder form -- caused quite a stir when launched on to the market. Alcohol powder, classified as a flavoring, was sold in the United States three years ago. The students said companies interested in making the product commercially could avoid taxes because the alcohol was in powder form. A traditional 'last orders' bell is seen behind a bar in Victoria, central London, November 23, 2005. Dutch students have developed powdered alcohol which they say can be sold legally to minors. Republication or redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon.
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