A 'stay-sober' pill: Coming to a pharmacy near you?

A 'stay-sober' pill: Coming to a pharmacy near you?

Korea already sells supposedly hangover-free alcohol, but what if a pill could stop you from getting drunk in the first place? That's the premise of a new "stay sober" tablet reportedly under development in Australia. The pill, which limits the effect of alcohol on the brain, is being tested on mice — who showed no signs of becoming "tipsy," despite being administered enough alcohol to make them "fall over,"reports Britain's Telegraph. Would this just take the fun out of drinking? Here's what you should know:

War, On Drugs: The Military’s Complicated Relationship With Narcotics

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Just think of them as the secret weapons — or handicaps — of soldiers around the world: booze, weed, ecstasy, heroin and a handful of other illicit pills, plants and elixirs. Because whether top brass want to admit it or not, the storied history of global warfare would be way less interesting without them.

From some boozy bonding in the barracks or a few uppers to stay alert on an aerial mission, to scoring psychedelics that pass a urine test or experimenting with rave drugs to alleviate trauma, controlled substances are, for better or for worse, surprisingly ubiquitous in military circles.

So whatever your vice of choice, light it, pop it or drink it, and then indulge in a little war — on drugs.