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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 ...
Binge drinking is defined as the amount of alcohol it takes to raise a person’s blood-alcohol concentration level to 0.08, the legal definition of being intoxicated in most states.
Earlier studies found mean elimination rates of 15 mg/dL per hour for men and 18 mg/dL per hour for women, [6] [4] but Jones found 0.148 g/L/h and 0.156 g/L/h respectively. Although the difference between sexes is statistically significant, it is small compared to the overall uncertainty, so Jones recommends using the value 0.15 for the mean ...
Some effects of alcohol intoxication, such as euphoria and lowered social inhibition, are central to alcohol's desirability. [21] As drinking increases, people become sleepy or fall into a stupor. At very high blood alcohol concentrations, for example above 0.3%, the respiratory system becomes depressed and the person may stop breathing. [22]
Drinking too much alcohol. Smoking. ... Lipids are measured in milligrams per deciliter or mg/dL. The right lipid levels for you will depend on your age, sex, and other factors. ... Very high: 500 ...
The results of this study compared patterns of alcohol use from 2012-2013 to use in 2001-2002 and found that the rate of alcohol use rose more than 11%; the rate of high-risk drinking increased ...
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.
Finland: for motor vehicles, 0.05%, [81] [82] or 0.22 mg/1 L alcohol in breath, aggravated: 0.12% or 0.53 mg/1 L alcohol in breath. [93] The penalty is a fine or jail up to six months plus license suspension from one month to five years. For aggravated, also a prison sentence (sixty days to two years) is possible, [94] usually as a suspended ...