David Nutt, a neuropsychopharmacology professor at Imperial College in London, has developed two drugs that mitigate the effects of alcohol. Drug one, named "alcosynth," is a non-toxic drink that causes one to become inebriated minus negative side effects like "hangovers, liver toxicity, aggression and loss of control," reports The Telegraph. "Chaperone," the second drug, diminishes the effects of intoxication. Pop the pill while drinking and it will sober you up. If alcosynth and chaperone pass UK drug laws, Nutt's plan is to sell them at "high end" cocktail bars to start. Although that's likely at least three to five years out.
But, Nutt's drugs have thus far been met with skepticism. He's the guy famous for saying that "There is not much difference between horse riding and ecstasy" back in 2009. And further, Dr Z, a chemist who worked with him on the drugs, is the individual responsible for the drug mephedrone or "miaow miaow," an amphetamine that produces a high similar to MDMA.