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How long does alcohol stay in your bloodstream?
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Alcohol: Alcohol is metabolized at 20 mg per deciliter per hour. Legal intoxication is 80 mg/dl. So it would take about 4 hours to get the alcohol out of your system.
Answered 6/11/2018
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