An Easy Trip to DUI

Drivers in the District can be arrested for blood alcohol levels as low as .01, although the legal threshold for intoxication is .08. Blood alcohol levels vary with food intake, metabolism and other factors and drop by roughly .017 per hour as the liver breaks down alcohol.

An Easy Trip to DUI

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