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Re:Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adder... by thaumasiotes on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:36PM (#38729822)
> The analogy is that they are both alcohol so they are the same right? Obviously not.

They are the same. The difference is just that the bottle sold as "rubbing alcohol" has been intentionally poisoned.

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Re:Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adder... by kosherhurricane on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:52PM (#38729955)
Rubbing alcohol is isopropanol. Drinking alcohol is ethanol.

You can get “industrial ethanol” that has some methanol added to prevent people from consuming it, and pay liquor tax on it. These are for chemists for specific applications.

None of these things are “the same”.

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Re:Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adder... by TillE on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:49PM (#38729930)
Rubbing alcohol is isopropanol, not ethanol.

In the same way that amphetamine is not methamphetamine. Different molecules, different chemistry!

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Re:Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adder... by flandish on Thursday December 21, 2023 @09:33PM (#38730239)
Iso and ethanol are NOT the same.
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Re:Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adder... by meepmorp on Thursday December 21, 2023 @08:48PM (#38729925)
Rubbing alcohol, in the US at any rate, is isopropanol and vodka is ethanol. You're probably thinking of denatured alcohol which is ethanol with methanol added.
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