Is 20% blood/alcohol level a lot??

maverick2112

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I know it is legally drunk but I dont really drink a lot so I have nothing to compare it to and I saw a news item on someone with a blood alcohol level of 20% and was wondering how drunk that would be for a person....

Would they be able to walk?
 

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You'd be dead at 20 percent. I think you're supposed to die at four percent.
 

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0.02-0.03 BAC: No loss of coordination, slight euphoria and loss of shyness. Depressant effects are not apparent. Mildly relaxed and maybe a little lightheaded.

0.04-0.06 BAC: Feeling of well-being, relaxation, lower inhibitions, sensation of warmth. Euphoria. Some minor impairment of reasoning and memory, lowering of caution. Your behavior may become exaggerated and emotions intensified (Good emotions are better, bad emotions are worse)

0.07-0.09 BAC: Slight impairment of balance, speech, vision, reaction time, and hearing. Euphoria. Judgment and self-control are reduced, and caution, reason and memory are impaired, .08 is legally impaired and it is illegal to drive at this level. You will probably believe that you are functioning better than you really are.

0.10-0.125 BAC: Significant impairment of motor coordination and loss of good judgment. Speech may be slurred; balance, vision, reaction time and hearing will be impaired. Euphoria.

0.13-0.15 BAC: Gross motor impairment and lack of physical control. Blurred vision and major loss of balance. Euphoria is reduced and dysphoria (anxiety, restlessness) is beginning to appear. Judgment and perception are severely impaired.

0.16-0.19 BAC: Dysphoria predominates, nausea may appear. The drinker has the appearance of a ?sloppy drunk.?

0.20 BAC: Felling dazed, confused or otherwise disoriented. May need help to stand or walk. If you injure yourself you may not feel the pain. Some people experience nausea and vomiting at this level. The gag reflex is impaired and you can choke if you do vomit. Blackouts are likely at this level so you may not remember what has happened.

0.25 BAC: All mental, physical and sensory functions are severely impaired. Increased risk of asphyxiation from choking on vomit and of seriously injuring yourself by falls or other accidents.

0.30 BAC: STUPOR. You have little comprehension of where you are. You may pass out suddenly and be difficult to awaken.

0.35 BAC: Coma is possible. This is the level of surgical anesthesia.

0.40 BAC and up: Onset of coma, and possible death due to
respiratory arrest.
 

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I'd assume you heard they their BAC was a 2.0, which they would just say, "Two-Oh", which is two percent.
 

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Most states it's .08, but I didn't realize that meant 8 percent. For some reason I thought that meant .08 percent.
 

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so yes at 20% you'd be dead as a doorknob....at .20% im assuming you mean u can read the above.
 

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bjfinste said:
Most states it's .08, but I didn't realize that meant 8 percent. For some reason I thought that meant .08 percent.


No you are correct, that means .08%
 

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I was gonna say... I was pretty sure 20 percent BAC is gonna have you in a coffin.
 

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So the story said the guy was .20% blood alcohol level along with taking prescription barbituates..........I have heard barbituates and alcohol are a big no-no.......
 

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bjfinste said:
I was gonna say... I was pretty sure 20 percent BAC is gonna have you in a coffin.

This is SERIOUS case of alcohol poisoing. Why, are you thinking of trying it???
 

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No........ there was a story on the news about a guy who caused an accident. They must have meant to say .20% not 20%
 

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Eddie Haskell said:
Based on the aforementioned scale, the majority of Saints posts are at the 0.30 level.

Eddie

Glad to see your herpes got cleared up eddie and your sense of humor is back. You got pretty dark there for a while.
 

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20%.... Thats nothing more that time for your morning coffee to the Irish!

cheers
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lol think about it this way, at 20% you could poke yourself in the arm and 10percent of the blood would be whatever you drank (and died from lol)
 
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