Powdered alcohol could be hitting store shelves in a matter of weeks, but not if Senator Charles Schumer can help it.

"We’re taking emergency action that will hopefully keep it away from stores, intiallly, the makers of Palcohol brazenly suggested different ways for Palcohol to be used, in their first leaflets after we called them on it, they said, 'Hmm, we have vodka Palcohol. Put it on eggs. Put rum Palcohol on a sandwich.' They suggested that it be snorted so you could get drunk instantly," Schumer says.

Schumer is renewing the fight he began last summer and says his legislation would make it illegal to produce, sell, or possess powdered alcohol.

He says powdered alcohol is easily hidden and could worsen the rate of underage drinking and drunk driving.

The maker, Palcohol, says sales would be restricted like liquid alcohol.

The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau approved Palcohol earlier this year and has so far declined to ban its sale.