Conversely, Fe 2 O 3 is reduced to iron metal, which means that aluminum must be the reducing agent. Because a reducing agent is always transformed into its conjugate oxidizing agent in an oxidation-reduction reaction, the products of this reaction include a new oxidizing agent (Al 2 O 3) and a new reducing agent (Fe).
, functional alcoholic. They shouldn't be banned, because they don't seem particularly harmful. Rather, the bans seem like a case of reactionary legislatures. The Washington ban was due to a party in which kids, who'd drank a caffeinated alcoholic drink along with vodka, rum, and beer [1], got alcohol poisoning.
The simple answer is that we tried outlawing alcohol in the United States, and it didn't work. Oh, sure, it did lower consumption of alcohol, to some degree, but it also spawned a booming black market in illegally smuggled or home-brewed alcohol. A whole lot of people got sick or died from tainted liquor.