Beer in various types of glasses

How much alcohol does it take to get intoxicated?

Many people figure a few beers at a ballgame or a couple of glasses of wine with dinner won't put them over the legal limit for driving. But how alcohol affects people is highly individual, with a number of factors in the mix.

Melinda Beck, a writer for the Wall Street Journal Health Journal has done some great research and has written an article about who gets drunk and why.  Read the full article.

We'd also like to thank Melinda Beck for using the AlcoHAWK Slim Digital Alcohol Breath Tester in her testing of individuals.

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Source: Wall Street Journal Health Journal, Who Gets Drunk and Why

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8% of Sports Fans Drunk at Games

A new study published online in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research, found about 60 per cent of fans surveyed had blew a zero on a breathalyzer, 40 per cent tested positive for alcohol in their blood. In total, 8.4 per cent were legally drunk, with a blood alcohol level higher than .08.

That results in approximately 8% of professional sports fans who agreed to be surveyed were legally drunk when leaving the stadium after a game.

As a precaution, please bring a breathalyzer with you to the game and monitor your alcohol consumption.  Be safe and responsible when you are enjoying the game!

Source: CTVNews, http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/Health/20110118/drunk-sports-fans-110118/

Bicycle breathalyzer

Interesting news article to share today, a team of engineers at Taiwan's Chienkuo Technology University have built a bicycle with a separate electric motor driving each wheel, handlebar warmers and a breathalyzer that will prevent the bike from being ridden if the cyclist is over the legal limit.

It doesn't look like there is much demand for this type of invention, but kudos to the engineers for their ingenuity.

Source: Environmental Transport Association (ETA): The electric bicycle breathalyzer: The bike you can’t ride drunk

This video has been spreading across the Internet like wildfire, a reminder that if you drink and drive you'll become a laughing stock of the internet, millions upon millions of people watching you embarrass yourself.

Drink responsibly and don't ever drink and drive!

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