Blood alcohol content

you teenagers think drinking is so cool and you like the feeling of it. Even though over half of high schoolers drink daily, they don’t realize how dangerous it actually is. One of the main problems is that teenagers are exposed to more and more alcohol everyday. One of the many problems is binge drinking, this is when a teen or anyone drinks overlay or a lot in a short amount of time. Binge drinking can harm your body in many ways, including headaches, hangovers, shakiness, vomiting, and…

I spoke to Judge Coogenour by phone to with the intent to obtain a telephonic search warrant for two gray top vials of Schon 's blood, which would be analyzed by a laboratory to determine Schon 's Blood Alcohol Content. I began explaining the details of the incident to Judge Coogenour. Judge Coogenour confirmed that I did not see Schon actually operating the motor vehicle. Judge Coogenour told me that case law was very…

traumatizing illnesses known to man. It's also a proven fact that alcohol abuse, and just alcohol in general, can lead to the worsening of depression symptoms. The general number used is 30%, or one third, of all major depression cases, have a strong connection to alcohol use. In a majority of the studied cases, the depression symptoms are the first to occur. There still has not been a major correlation that will prove that alcohol use will directly lead to depression, though it has been a…

studies show that every thirty minutes, an average of one alcohol-related fatality occurs. Along with one person injured approximately every two minutes.” (Repeat Drunk Drivers Should Be Severely Punished, 109) “In 2009, drunk drivers in the United States caused 10,839 deaths. This number represents almost one-third of all traffic related deaths that year.” (Drunk Driving, 1). According to a recorded study, in 2009 the use of drugs or alcohol while driving resulted in 1.4 million drivers…

preventative action needs to be taken. Thanks to drinking and driving, many families and loved ones are dead or heartbroken from the dangerous effects of someone choosing to drive home drunk. It all starts when a partygoer drinks his first glass of alcohol. The alcohol slithers through the digestive system and enters the bloodstream, giving…

College students are particularly susceptible to alcohol-impaired driving(15). Various studies among university students, mainly from high-income countries found high levels of drinking and driving(16). In the USA, almost 3.4 million college students drove under the influence of alcohol and while half of all traffic fatalities among 18–24 years old were alcohol related drink-driving and 41% of college student drinkers report driving after any alcohol use, 17% report driving after drinking five…

reason why an individual choses to drink. Some drinks alcohol because it supposedly helps them temporarily forget their problem, helps them have a good time, makes them happy, it’s “cool” or to socialized. Why is there law against alcohol? It is to protect us and to create a safer environment. In the situation in which I have to decide a stand point whether or not the Health Committee should support the bill to decriminalize drinking alcohol in public and in order to protect the public, police…

Alcohol doesn 't really appeal to me because I don 't like how it taste. However I still go to parties about once a month meaning I only have three to five drinks a month which isn 't a lot on a monthly basis. Nonetheless, five drinks within five hours is still considered a lot but I still feel like a drink alcohol in moderation. I knew that there are many consequences associated with excessive drinking such as weight gain and liver problems. However I did not know that excessive alcohol use…

problem that needs to be stopped before it gets out of hand. Driving any sort of vehicle requires for one’s full attention, when a person is under the influence their senses do not work at their full potential causing for horrific accidents to happen. Alcohol is a depressant that affect an individual’s vision, coordination, reaction time, multitasking ability, judgement, and decision making, which is all necessary for the safety of a driver and those who surround him/her. The consequences for…

“The crime of driving a vehicle with an excess of alcohol in the blood” would define drunk driving. Throughout these 50 great states in America there are too many people that are committing to drunk driving at all times of the day. People believe that there is no harm in doing an act if you are caught doing such act [drunk driving]. People that are convicted of drunk driving, once or more should know that they shouldn’t be doing it because such of heavy consequences. The consequences are tragic…