DWI Flashcards
SPECIFIC DETERENCE
- CAUGHT AND ARRESTED
- PUBLIC MUST PERCIEVE APPRECIABLE RISK OF BEING CAUGHT AND CONVICTED
- ENFORCEMENT CREATES AND SUSTAINS FEAR OF BEING CAUGHT
PREVENTION
PROMOTE THE RISK TO THE PUBLIC AND THE INDIVIDUAL
DETERENCE
DRIVING PUBLICS FEAR OF BEING ARRESTED
RATIO OF DETECTED AND UNDETECTED DUI’S
1 ARREST : 100 GET AWAY
2 APPROACHES
PREVENTION
DETERRENCE
PERCENT OF TRAFFIC FATALITIES
80%
4 TIMES HIGHER FOR MALES THAN FEMALES
THE MOST ABUSED DRUG IN THE UNITED STATES
ALCOHOL
TYPES OF ALCOHOL
- METHYL ALCOHOL
- ETHYL ALCOHOL (ETHYNOL)(WHAT WE DRINK)
- ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL
FERMENTATION
YEAST COMBINES WITH SUGARS FROM FRUIT OR GRAINS IN A CHEMICAL REACTION RESULTING IN ETOH
CNS DEPRESSANT
ALCOHOL
ABSORBTION OF ALCOHOL
20% THROUGH THE STOMACH WALLS
80% THROUGH THE INTESTINES
ELIMINATION OF ALCOHOL
- BREATH
- URINE
- SWEAT
- TEARS
- METABOLISM
METABOLISM IN THE LIVER
- BURNS ETHANOL
- AIDED BY ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE ENZYME
- PRODUCTS OF THE REACTION IS CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER
- AVERAGE DROPS BAC ABOUT 0.015 PER HOUR
AVERAGE DROP IN BAC PER HOUR
0.015
HOW MUCH TO GET TO A 0.08 BAC
4 BEERS ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
OR
4 SHOTS OF WHISKEY