Teenage drinking – What is a lethal limit of alcohol?
CENTER OF ALCOHOL STUDIES AT RUTGERS http://alcoholstudies.rutgers.edu/onlinefacts/od.html Police in Little Compton, Rhode Island responded to a call of driving a vehicle without the owner’s consent. The suspect was at his mother’s home. When police arrived at the home, the man, 39-year-old was extremely unsteady on his feet, seemingly drunk. On the way to the stationhouse the man slumped over and became unresponsive. At the hospital his blood alcohol level was measured at 0.578. The Bristol Phoenix story goes on to say the Little Compton Police believe that to be the highest level recorded in Rhode Island and it’s believed to reach lethal limits. That’s a safe assumption to say the least. I’m not sure anyone can say what the highest limit is but it’s safe to say this BAC of 0.578 could certainly be lethal. It’s surprising that it wasn’t lethal. As for the highest level I found a story from Sofia, Bulgaria in which a 25-year old driver after drinking 20 liters of beer was measured to h
