Methanol May Impair Your Vision for Good. By James William Tamale..monitor.co.ug. 08/10/09. Recent reports in both the print and electronic media have highlighted the deaths caused by unscrupulous people lacing alcohol with methanol with over 20 people confirmed dead in various parts of central Uganda. The major culprit is alcohol packed in sachets and sold at low prices. This is not the first time deaths due to methanol poisoning are occurring in Uganda, as such incidences have happened in the not so far past. It’s important that people try to understand what methanol is, its dangers and what should be done to minimise human deaths in the alcohol drinking population. [ See ]