The facts are irrefutable... ALCOHOL IS A DEADLY MENACE TO SOCIETY! Would to God that alcoholic beverages were outlawed completely. As typical of humanity, most people don't care until it hurts them personally. Every generation must rediscover the truth for themselves. Every 30 minutes, another person is killed in an alcohol-related automobile accident. Direct costs of alcohol-related crashes are estimated to be $114 billion yearly. The amount of tax-revenue generated by the sale of alcoholic beverages doesn't even compare to the costly burden placed upon tax-payers by the evils caused by alcohol.
Alcohol is far more deadly than most people think. According to CNN medical correspondent Dr. Steve Salvatore...
It doesn't take much
Actually, a driver can be impaired with a U.S. blood-alcohol level as low as .03.
When you drink alcohol, it goes straight from the stomach to the bloodstream. Alcohol can be detected in the blood as fast as five minutes after drinking, and its effects -- most obvious in the central nervous system -- peak in about 30 to 45 minutes.
Alcohol depresses the central nervous system which, in turn, impairs motor function, motor performance, speech and eye movements. These skills are not only slowed down, they are performed more inaccurately. Alcohol also affects the ability to think and reason clearly. -SOURCE
Do you see the great DECEPTION of the .08 BAC legal limit? At just .05 BAC, the human body is already experiencing impairment of coordination. This is serious folks! What is wrong with our legislatures? Are they brain dead? Get this ... our very SAME government which sets the BAC legal limit at .08, also states the following...
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) position on the relationship between blood alcohol concentration and driving is that driving performance degrades after just one drink."
SOURCE: http://www.nhtsa.dot.gov/people/injury/New-fact-sheet03/Point08BAC.pdf
Am I missing something here? If the NHTSA (our government) admits that even ONE ALCOHOLIC DRINK degrades a person's driving performance, then why in the name of common sense doesn't our government's lawmakers lower the BAC to equate to ONE DRINK? Tragically, our government leaders are playing games with people's lives, and people ARE DYING!
Alcohol tastes and feels good, but is
rotten to the core! |
The following helpful chart is from OHS Health and Safety Services Incorporated ...
EXPECTED
BLOOD ALCOHOL CONCENTRATION (“BAC”) |
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Remember- your sex, health, state of mind make all these expectations a bit variable.
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As anyone can clearly see from the chart above, having even ONE 12oz. DRINK of beer can cause a person weighing over 200 LBS. to have a BAC of up to .05!!! What strikes me as strange, and a definite double-standard, is that many companies will fire an employee who comes to work with a BAC of .04% or more; but the legal system won't do anything to punish that person for driving under the influence until their BAC hits .08. Why the double-standard? Why are private companies more concerned about their employees than our government's lawmakers are about it's own people who entrusted them to power? Something smells rotten in Washington!
"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise" (Proverb 20:1).
Judges 13:4, “Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and
drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.”
