A 40-year-old member asked:
what is legal limit on blood alcohol content?
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Dr. Susan Uhrich answered
Psychiatry 36 years experience
It depends on: What state you live in.
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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered
Psychiatry 25 years experience
Blood Alcohol Level: Currently in the US it is 0.08 % (in all states). In countries like Mali, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates (UAE) or Saudi Arabia it is 0.00 by Muslim Law. The only countries I could find with a higher Blood alcohol content % were
Cyprus at 0.09 (but it is changing to 0.05) & Swaziland.
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A 39-year-old member asked:
What is the difference between blood alcohol content and blood alcohol level?
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Dr. Joseph Woods answered
Pathology 28 years experience
Likely none.: These terms appear to be interchangeable. There is a difference between blood alcohol content by mass and blood alcohol content by volume, since 1 ml blood equals 1.06 grams of blood. These measurements differ in this way in different parts of the world.
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A 47-year-old member asked:
How does our blood alcohol content diminish over time?
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Dr. Gerardo Guerra Bonilla answered
Family Medicine 12 years experience
Ethanol clearance: There is wide variation in the metabolism of ethanol. The unhabituated drinker clears ethanol from the blood stream at an approximate rate of 15 to 20 mg/dL per hour. Patients with chronic ethanol abuse can clear ethanol at a rate of 25 to 35 mg/dL per hour, or even faster in some cases.
Euphoria and mild deficits in coordination, attention, and cognition are seen w/ BAC of 100 mg/dL.
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