Edward Fortyhands (also known as 80 Ounces to Freedom, Edward Ciderhands, The 40 Challenge, or Amy Winehands) is a drinking game in which each player duct tapes a 40-ounce or 1.14 liter bottle of alcohol (usually malt liquor, but sometimes cider, scrumpy, or wine) to each of their hands and may not remove them until they're consumed.[1]
House rules differ as to whether one may finish and remove one 40 oz. at a time, but before the alcohol in both hands has been completely ingested, the drinking party will typically need use of their hands to, for example, urinate, smoke a cigarette, or answer a phone call, so each participant has an incentive to finish their alcohol as quickly as possible. It can also be used as a "goal" for the game: to see who can abstain from these activities until they are finished with their drinks. Vomiting is sometimes considered an immediate disqualification.
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Joseph Califano, chairman of the Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University and former United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, wrote of the game, "one night of Edward Fortyhands may seem like a fun way to spend a few hours, but it can quickly spiral out of control and land your teen in the hospital—or the morgue."[2]
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