What is the effect of the blood alcohol level on behavior?
• 50 mg/dL – flushed skin, more talkative, loss of emotional restraint, feeling of warmth, mild impairment of judgment • 100 mg/dL – reduced reaction time and coordination (e.g., writing, driving), slowed thinking, inappropriate laughter, mildly slurred speech • 200 mg/dL – unsteady or staggering gait, sleepy but arousable by voice, difficulty sitting up straight in a chair, very slurred speech • 300 mg/dL – stuporous and arousable only by physical means (e.g., slapping face, forceful pinching), loud snoring • 400 mg/dL – coma, incontinence of urine • 500 mg/dL – death • Alcoholics develop tolerance and may show less physical effects at any alcohol level. • At what blood alcohol level are you considered legally drunk? • The normal blood alcohol level is 0 (zero). • There are various different terminologies for reporting a blood alcohol level. Each of the following has the same meaning – 80 milligrams/dL, 80 grams per cent, 80 mg/100ml, or 0.08. • In the U.S. the legal definition of alc
