Written by:  heather <[log in to unmask]>

> Linda Pohl's post was extremely interesting and helpful. Linda - can you
> tell us approximately how much alcohol would be drunk to give a blood
> alcohol content of 0.1 per cent?(SNIP)

In Oregon the blood alcohol limit is .08%.  As a longtime former
bartender I was taught by the OLCC I could serve a person of average
height 5'7" and average weight 150lb. one alcoholic beverage every hour
and the imbiber would maintain this blood alcohol level of .08%.  One
alcoholic beverage = 1 oz. hard liquor = 4 oz.. wine = 12 ozs. beer.  If
the person drinking were 6'5" and 280 lbs their body could handle almost
2 drinks an hour and maintain the blood alcohol level of .08%.

This is a general rule of thumb.  Body fat and metabolism rates and food
consumption play into blood alcohol levels too.  Women often get to and
maintain a higher blood alcohol level due to their higher body fat
content then men.
--
Monique
Noah Reilly Schaefers  6/18/97
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