If You've Been Praying for Hangover-Free Booze, Your Prayers Have Been Answered!

If you were the planet’s smartest scientist and could create anything you wanted, what would it be?

The only correct answer to this question is booze that doesn’t give you a hangover, which is exactly what one English professor claims to have done. ‘Alcosynth’, invented by the notorious David Nutt, supposedly gives you all the fun and joy of drinking, without any of that pesky nausea or crippling headaches the next day.

Nutt is a professor at the Imperial College London, as well as a former government drug advisor – he’s famous for recommending that terminally ill patients take LSD, and saying that ecstasy is less dangerous than horseback riding. Not kidding.

So the invention of hangover-free alcohol is, by comparison, tame. He’s filed for 90 patents thus far for alcosynth compounds, two of which are now undergoing final testing.

According to Nutt, “It will be there alongside the scotch and the gin, they'll dispense the alcosynth into your cocktail and then you'll have the pleasure without damaging your liver and your heart.”

That’s right – the benefits aren’t just hangovers. The Nutty Professor is claiming his compounds are healthier for you, too. 

What’s more, it’s designed so you can never become too drunk. “We think the effects round out at about four or five 'drinks', then the effect would max out,” according to Nutt.

As you’d probably guess, Nutt says the alcohol industry hates him. “They know that [people want hangover-free drinks] and have been planning for this for at least 10 years. But they don't want to rush into it, because they're making so much money from conventional alcohol.”

Don’t get too excited just yet though. Due to health regulations and the massive costs associated with the alcosynth’s development, it’s still a long way from landing on your local bar menu. A Department of Health spokesperson chimed in, “It’s an interesting idea, but too much in its infancy at the moment for us to comment on.” Nutt himself only hopes to replace conventional alcohol by the year 2050.

So in the meantime, you have two options: drink in moderation, or suffer the consequences the next day.