Hangover-free alcohol to replace regular booze by 2050

In a first of its kind, a new type of synthetic alcohol has been discovered which would allow people to booze and get tipsy without leaving any signs of hangover that usually follows.

According to its creator Professor David Nutt, the drink is known as “alcosynth” and is designed to mimic the positive effects of alcohol but it doesn’t cause a dry mouth, nausea and a throbbing head. Nutt told the Independent he has patented around 90 different alcosynth compounds.

Two of them are now being rigorously tested for widespread use and by 2050 alcosynth could completely replace normal alcohol. “It will be there alongside the scotch and the gin, they’ll dispense the alcosynth into your cocktail and then you’ll have the pleasure without damaging your liver and your heart. They go very nicely into mojitos. They even go into something as clear as a Tom Collins. One is pretty tasteless, the other has a bitter taste,” he said.

By researching substances that work on the brain in a similar way to alcohol, Nutt and his team have been able to design a drug which they say is non-toxic and replicates the positive effects of alcohol.