Busy? Broke? Get drunker, faster with diet mixers

For busy drunks on a budget, it's worth knowing that mixing your gutrot with diet soda will get you smashed sooner than mixing with regular. Sixteen lucky men and women who took part in tests by Northern Kentucky University got more drunk, more quickly on vodka when it was mixed with diet lemonade. According to lead researcher, Dr. Cecile Marczinski, they also felt the alcohol's effects less which could lead to drunk driving unwittingly. "The average reader needs to know that … higher breath alcohol concentrations are a much more significant health risk than a few extra calories," she said. We're just looking forward to someone inventing diet Bourbon. [Source]

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