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Posted By JamesMarcus 1 year, 1 month ago in NewsPolice in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania on Thursday said they were shocked to find a drunk man still alive in a Stralsund garden with record-breaking breath alcohol level of 7.67 per mille.
Despite being ridiculously hammered, the 44-year-old on Wednesday night was still able to undergo a breath test that left officers completely baffled as to how he was not in a coma. “I haven’t seen anything like it in my 28 years with the force,” said a police spokesman.
The man, who is well known for his love of alcoholic beverages, was taken to a local hospital to sober up.
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earthlingerer1 year, 1 month ago
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That 4.0 is "4% pro mille". Meaning 4% of one milliliter was alcohol in the blood.
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If you take the number 0.04, you can see that it is four one-hundreths, or four percent of one.
In the EU, they use a whole number, with decimals to designate the BAC, so an EU BAC of 2.50 is a US measure of 0.25.
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gordwick8 months, 3 weeks ago
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Yeah, the guy should consider himself lucky and go in alcohol rehab, only this way he can make sure the experience won't repeat...
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roago491 year, 1 month ago
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My husband used to drink 35 beers from sun up to sun up. Between his brothers, cousins and friends, when I counted how many beers came into the backyard, and divided it among all those drinking, it would be about 35 beers per person. I was the only sober one in the whole group. It was kind of funny watching all those drunks say the stupidest things and do the funniest tricks.
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LightofReason1 year, 1 month ago
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Feralkatz is correct. The LD50 level is 0.40%. 7.67% is a typo, a teatotaller goes comatose at around 0.26%. It's not uncommon to find active alcoholics with BAC's avove 0.30% and still awake. The average BAC for second time DUI arrests is 0.22% up from 0.18% for first timers.
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madmikiemike1 year, 1 month ago
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Wikipedia, indeed, confirms that a BAC (blood alcohol concentration) of .40 is lethal for most people. It is assumed that someone who is heavier than average might survive a higher concentration, I suppose. I had always heard that .55 was definitely lethal, but fortunately you usually pass out way before you get that far. However, there's always the idea of throwing up and drowning in your vomit if you pass out on your back. In other words, either control your intake, or become a tee-totaler. And don't even think of trying for a 7.67, not even if you're Superman.
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jesusschwartz11 year, 1 month ago
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What isn't fully explained here is how the breath-alcohol level relates to the blood-alcohol content (BAC) that is used here in the U.S. To simply move the decimal point over would mean that this guy's circulatory system was pumping more than 75% booze, which should certainly be lethal no matter how high your tolerance is. And what qualifies as legally intoxicated with the breath-alcohol measurement?
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catspaj1 year, 1 month ago
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I have been an addictions therapist for 18 years and, sadly, that is not the highest blood alcohol level that has been out there. Of course, by the time you're in that state, the rest of your life is hardly redeemable. That is revolving door detox stuff-one more revolution and the morgue is next. Addiction is a fatal disease.
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catspaj1 year, 1 month ago
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I have been an addictions therapist for 18 years and, sadly, this is not the highest blood alcohol level out there. Of course, by the time a person has that high a tolerance to the stuff, they are a revolving door detox patient-the next revolution could be the morgue. Alcoholism is a fatal disease but it is the only fatal disease that can be put into voluntary remission.
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