Aug 4, 2009 | Posted by: roboblogger
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The alcohol level for the driver in the accident that killed 8 people was in error since diabetics produce KETONES that cause a false positive for alcohol on drug tests. She was probably in a toxic metabolic state called ketosis and was disoriented. That information should be given to the public to comfort the families since the stigma of her being 10 times the legal limit on alcohol does not bear the scrutiny of a husband who did not see her drink alcohol before she left. How many people are falsely imprisoned for having a toxic ketone level that has nothing to do with alcohol in their systems? It is more likely the woman drank fruit juice if she had low blood sugar. My brother in law who was a Purdue University pharmacist for many years was on a jury long ago when a similar question arose about a diabetic accused of being intoxicated when he did not drink alcohol. He, too, was in ketosis and was acquitted. But few jurors or medical technologists or police are aware of that failure of the alcohol level testing instruments. Better equipment should be purchased to distinguish alcohol levels from ketone levels.
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