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Powdered alcohol
by Wayne Hoffman
SUMMARY
Powdered alcohol has been around for many years, but commercialization attempts have
failed. Should powdered alcohol be marketed in Idaho, existing Idaho law makes additional statutes regarding its control unnecessary.
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In 2015, Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey vetoed a bill to ban powdered alcohol. Ducey argued
that the ban was unnecessary, given the states existing regulatory structure.
Idaho lawmakers who are concerned about powdered alcohol should review the states current
regulatory structure to determine if it is already
sufficient to control the product. Under the Idaho
Constitution, lawmakers are to promote temperance
and morality.6 The state constitution also gives the
Conclusion
Idaho law already gives the State Liquor Division control over alcohol, regardless of the form it is presented.
Additionally, the failure of inventors and entrepreneurs to commercialize powdered alcohol, going back two
centuries, strongly indicates that there legislative action on this matter should not be a priority.
1 National Alcohol Beverage Control Association, Powdered Alcohol: An Encapsulation, November 2015.
http://tinyurl.com/glgwm82
2 http://www.google.com/patents/US3436224.
3 http://www.google.com/patents/US3956509.
4 Smithsonian.com, The Surprising History of Making Alcohol a Powdered Substance, May 7, 2014, http://
tinyurl.com/nxd9drd.
5 Just add water - Students invent powdered alcohol, Reuters, June 6, 2007, http://tinyurl.com/zqedrpq.
6 Idaho Constitution, Article III, Section 24.
7 Idaho Constitution, Article III, Section 26.
8 Idaho Code 23-105(c).
9 Ducey veto clears way for powdered alcohol, Arizona Republic, April 15, 2015.