Akpeteshie is a home-made alcoholic spirit produced in Ghana and other West African nations by distilling palm wine or sugar cane juice. Other names for this drink are: apio, ogogro (ogogoro)sorabi, keley and hot or 'hot drink'. Use and abuse are on the increase and may pose a social and public health problem.
Akpeteshie is between 40 and 50% alcohol by volume.
Consumption and impacts of local brewed alcohol (akpeteshie) in the Upper West Region of Ghana: a public health tragedy Social Science & Medicine, Volume 57, Issue 9, November 2003, Pages 1747-1760, Isaac Luginaah and Crescentia Dakubo
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