eli5 what happens if you drink isopropyl “rubbing” alcohol

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so i just watched a video of someone chug a bottle of rubbing alcohol that you would get from the pharmacy. its still alcohol though so like why is it bad. also what likely happened to the guy who chugged the bottle?

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I actually looked this up a while back because i wanted to know why i could buy rubbing *alcohol* as a minor but not regular,

In short to answer your question, it will fuck you up internally, *violently*.

It will essentially cause extreme poisoning aswell as damned near burn a hole if not eviscerate your asophagus (misspelled im sure. Your throat tube.) And stomach.

Say goodbye to your stomach lining, and everything else along with it.

Rubbing alcohol, believe it or not, before prohibition, used to be drinkable and essentially everclear. But during prohibition authorities figured out people would just drink it. So they added/changed the formula to make it poison. Its essentially drinking acetone now. Do. Not. Do. It.

Editing to add source : https://youtu.be/cgQzmB46cjo?si=1A3cqTGVmw_QABc3

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