No industrial methylated spirits are imported from abroad.
Equally, it can be argued that someone who starts with a small dry sherry may end up as a hopeless alcoholic drinking methylated spirits.
Is there any risk that the high rate of duty on whisky and other spirits drives people increasingly to drinking methylated spirit?
Is it not true that the papers generally put it that methylated spirits are only consumed in countries where there is prohibition?
Would he also consider including in the substance a powerful emetic like pyridine, which is included in methylated spirits?
The conditions to be imposed would be on the lines of those governing the use of industrial methylated spirits.
Moreover, there would be no objection at all to the regulations providing that the spirit should be methylated and not sold as ordinary drinking spirit.
In many districts, especially in the remoter areas, methylated spirit can be, and is, used for lighting and purposes of that kind.
