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  2. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol intoxication, commonly described in higher doses as drunkenness or inebriation, [9] and known in overdose as alcohol poisoning, [1] is the behavior and physical effects caused by recent consumption of alcohol.

  3. Blood alcohol content - Wikipedia

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    Blood alcohol content (BAC), also called blood alcohol concentration or blood alcohol level, is a measurement of alcohol intoxication used for legal or medical purposes. [1] BAC is expressed as mass of alcohol per volume of blood. In US and many international publications, BAC levels are written as a percentage such as 0.08%, i.e. there is 0.8 ...

  4. Alcohol (drug) - Wikipedia

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    Levels of even less than 0.1% can cause intoxication, with unconsciousness often occurring at 0.3–0.4%. [71] Death from ethanol consumption is possible when blood alcohol levels reach 0.4%. A blood level of 0.5% or more is commonly fatal. The oral median lethal dose (LD 50) of ethanol in rats is 5,628 mg/kg. Directly translated to human ...

  5. Drunk driving in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Drunk driving is the act of operating a motor vehicle with the operator's ability to do so impaired as a result of alcohol consumption, or with a blood alcohol level in excess of the legal limit. [1] For drivers 21 years or older, driving with a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 0.08% or higher is illegal.

  6. Alcohol and health - Wikipedia

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    This is about six times the level of ordinary intoxication (0.08%), but vomiting or unconsciousness may occur much sooner in people who have a low tolerance for alcohol. [31] The high tolerance of chronic heavy drinkers may allow some of them to remain conscious at levels above 0.40%, although serious health hazards are incurred at this level.

  7. Teen admitted to ICU after hazing left him covered in spray ...

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    Officers who responded to the scene around 10:40 pm said Mr Lehrkamp was being treated for high levels of intoxication “from a mixture of controlled substances and alcohol.” This is Trent from ...

  8. Short-term effects of alcohol consumption - Wikipedia

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    Symptoms of varying BAC levels. Additional symptoms may occur. The short-term effects of alcohol consumption range from a decrease in anxiety and motor skills and euphoria at lower doses to intoxication (drunkenness), to stupor, unconsciousness, anterograde amnesia (memory "blackouts"), and central nervous system depression at higher doses.

  9. L.A. wants to ban using nitrous oxide to get high. But ... - AOL

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    High levels of intoxication can lead to tripping and falling down, and fatal accidents were reported due to asphyxia. The L.A. City Council faces a potential challenge in having police enforce the ...