A new experimental vaccine that aims to cure alcoholism will
give anyone who has been vaccinated an immediate and head-
splitting hangover after just one sip of booze.  According to
the Daily Mail, scientists at the University of Chile have spent
a year developing the experimental drug as a way to combat
alcoholism.  The shot is effective for about six months to a
year and works by speeding up the hangover process.  The vaccine
works by sending a biochemical message to the liver to stop it
from expressing the genes that metabolize alcohol.  The liver
normally turns alcohol into acetaldehyde, a hangover-inducing
organic chemical compound that is then broken down by a
metabolizing enzyme.  If a person who's received the shot tries
to drink alcohol, they will almost instantaneously experience
severe nausea, accelerated heartbeat and general discomfort,
according to the Daily Mail. Essentially, the vaccine shot is to
get alcoholics to associate drinking with bad side-effects and
misery instead of fun, relaxation o