Punk Metal n Bowie<p>This seemed important somehow:</p><p>I was 19 and on the trip of a lifetime – then I drank a cocktail laced with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methanol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methanol</span></a> | Disability | The Guardian<br>Methanol is a type of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/alcohol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>alcohol</span></a> sometimes mixed into <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/bootleg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bootleg</span></a> liquor as a cheaper alternative to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethanol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethanol</span></a>. One mouthful can be deadly. As methanol metabolises in the body it creates harmful by-products: formaldehyde (used to embalm bodies), formate and formic acid, which attack nerves and organs and can lead to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blindness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blindness</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/braindamage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>braindamage</span></a> and death. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Formate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Formate</span></a> is the main toxin that is produced and it acts like <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/cyanide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cyanide</span></a> by stopping energy production in cells, which causes depression of the central nervous system. There were large quantities of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/methanol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>methanol</span></a> in King’s blood. The doctors were shocked, in the circumstances, that she had woken up at all in the hostel. In November last year, six tourists died in Laos from the suspected consumption of drinks laced with methanol.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2025/apr/29/i-was-19-and-on-the-trip-of-a-lifetime-then-i-drank-a-cocktail-laced-with-methanol" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2</span><span class="invisible">025/apr/29/i-was-19-and-on-the-trip-of-a-lifetime-then-i-drank-a-cocktail-laced-with-methanol</span></a></p>