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    Alcohol: How Can The Intoxicating Beverage Give You A Criminal Offense?

    When your alcohol limit reaches BAC .08% , it can be used as a strong evidence against you be charged of DUI. A truth that all of us may be aware, people have different response in terms of alcohol intake. Some can still be sober with BAC .08%, but to some, this level may result to serious dangers to their lives. As a general rule in traffic law, a person caught 'Driving Under The Influence' will be charged of a criminal offense.

    How Alcohol Works?

    Alcohol: Can Lead A Person To Crime Offense

    Alcohol is absorbed into the bloodstream as it passes the stomach and small intestine. It will be broken down by the liver before removed from the body's system. Moreover, there is a limited speed that the the liver can break down the alcohol you intake. So until such time that the liver can break down the entire drug, it will continue to circulate in your bloodstream further affecting all the organs function including the brain. (The alcohol that circulates in the bloodstream give the result of your Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) according to the present levels, excluding the content already broken down by the liver).

     

    Alcohol reaches the brain only seconds after it entered the bloodstream. It will be the start of the feeling of intoxication, and if worst come into worst, you will have no control of your self as you continue to drink. It is a known effect of alcohol to slow down your physical and mental reflexes making you not a good candidate to drive. Alcohol as an intoxicant can act as a sedative as it affects muscle coordination, thinking and speech. Driving while intoxicated is extremely dangerous since it can also bring out abnormal heart rate that may lead to severe peril. Not to include that impaired senses can make you prone to accidents and other injuries.

    How Alcohol is Eliminated From The Body

    There are two ways the alcohol we intake leave our body. First is through metabolism which is the natural process of oxidation by the liver, and second which is through excretion.

    Almost 95% of the alcohol we intake is oxidized in the liver to form carbon dioxide to be dissolved in the blood reaching your lungs as a gas before being exhaled. The liver metabolic rate is subjective depending on how fast it function in a person's body. people who are regular drinkers metabolizes alcohol faster than those who are casual drinkers.

    If you are thinking where the other 5 - 10% of alcohol goes since there are only 95% to be oxidized, the remaining are eliminated without chemical change. It leaves through natural excretions in sweat, breath, and urine. This is the basis used by law enforcers when they are using breathalysers and urine tests to prove driver's intoxication from alcohol.

    To know your intoxication, law enforcers have a way to calculate individual limits and percentage. In all states, 0.08% BAC is a legal limit that will subject you to DUI if proven. To know more about your DUI case, you need to consult a reliable and aggressive legal defender to help you bring out your right in the case. Having prior knowledge about DUI and talking to a lawyer who specializes in traffic cases may help you clean your name whenever the circumstance arise.

     

    About the Author:

    Criminal Lawyer Nicole Naum is an associate lawyer of the Law Offices of Price Benowitz LLP,. She is a Juris Doctorate Degree holder from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and is licensed to practice in Virginia and District of Columbia. Her practice is focused on the field of criminal law that make her trusted in handling cases such as reckless driving and defense for criminal charges. Atty. Naum is an assertive Prince William County Criminal Lawyer and Quantico Criminal Lawyer.
    • 6 November 2012
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