Blood alcohol level to get alcohol poison?

Answer 1

It depends upon the individual and, among other things, how accustomed they are to drinking alcohol. Some well-advanced alcoholics can sit up and carry on conversations with levels approaching 1/2% by volume (.50). Naive drinkers have been known to go into respiratory arrest with as little as .10%.

Alcohol is a neurotoxin, and each person's brain chemistry is slightly different. Essentially, you don't know until you try it. By some definitions, alcohol poisoning begins as soon as any alcohol enters your system.

Answer 2

This depends highly on your tolerance. The legal intoxication level in most states is 0.08%. People that have been found dead from alcohol poisoning have levels of 0.30 and higher. Alcohol poison is a term that I interpret to mean a deadly overdose. Actually any consumption of alcohol is poisoning. The consumption of a pint of liquor in a short period of time, like 15 minutes has been known to kill (16 ounces of hard liquor, 80 proof). When I was in college, a guy died from drinking 20 beers in an hour at a frat party (equivalent to 27 oz of hard liquor, 80 proof). Other people have higher tolerances, and some have lower. Be careful. Any consumption of more than one drink or beer an hour will lead to a hangover (mild poisoning) or worse.

Answer 3

I would say around .30 range because that is when you can have serious damange and possibly die