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Originally Posted by Larryp
It is not possible to buy ethanol unless you have a VERY good reason to buy it.
I used to get some occasionally for my work, for sterilisation purposes, but eventually they would not even sell it to me.
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Originally Posted by pmrid
I'm not sure if this is the only reason, but I believe that ethanol was one of the main chemicals used in the process of making methamphetamine. In my former guise as a Crown Prosecutor, I once prosecuted a guy who imported the stuff from China in 200 Liter drums disguised as something innocuous - false labels etc. He had bought a whole 4-story building down New Farm way in Brisbane and was making the stuff on an industrial scale.
Ethanol was then one of those chemicals that dealers had to maintain strict records for and be able to account for every drop.
Peter
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Bummer... sounds like I'm gonna have to dig out and dust the ole' still then.
Would a chemist sell reasonably pure ethanol? Lab supplies maybe?