6 Teenagers in ER...Overdose on Hand Sanitizer!

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The liquid hand sanitizer is 62% ethyl alcohol and makes a 120-proof liquid.

Doctors are warning parents about a dangerous new trend after six teenagers drank hand sanitizer and ended up in San Fernando Valley emergency rooms with alcohol poisoning.

Teenagers are using salt to separate the alcohol from the sanitizer, doctors said.

"It's essentially a shot of hard liquor," said Cyrus Rangan, director of the toxicology bureau for the Los Angeles County public health department and a medical toxicology consultant for Children's Hospital Los Angeles.

"All it takes is just a few swallows and you have a drunk teenager."

Although there have been only a few cases, Rangan said the practice could easily become a larger problem.

Bottles of hand sanitizers are inexpensive and accessible and teens can find instructions on distillation on the Internet.

"It is kind of scary that they go to that extent to get a shot of essentially hard liquor," Rangan said.