Validity of Blood Alcohol Tests

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image: doctor discussing blood alcohol tests with alcoholicAs far as the validity of blood alcohol tests is concerned, they are the most accurate method in use today for testing a person's blood alcohol concentration level. 

Please continue reading to discover why blood alcohol tests, ironically, are not frequently used by today's employers.

What Exactly Are Blood Alcohol Tests?

A blood test measures the actual amount of alcohol or other drugs in the blood at the time of the test.

Unlike the urine test, the results tell whether or not the person was under the influence at the time the test was done. Blood Alcohol Tests have the following characteristics:

  • They are the most accurate method for testing a person's blood alcohol content.

  • They are the most expensive method to testing a person's blood alcohol content.

  • They are the most intrusive method for testing BAC.

  • Due mainly to their high cost and to their intrusiveness, blood tests are the least common method for testing a person's BAC.

How people view alcohol and its effects also influences their drinking behavior, including whether they begin to drink and how much. A youth who expects drinking to be a pleasurable experience is more likely to drink than one who does not.

Validity of Blood Alcohol Tests:  Conclusion

image: young male alcohol abuser in need of blood alcohol testAs far as the validity of blood alcohol tests is concerned, they are the most accurate method in use today for testing a person's blood alcohol content.

In spite of their accuracy, however, due to their high level of intrusiveness and relatively high cost, blood alcohol tests are the least common method for testing an individual's blood alcohol concentration in use by today's employers.

During the last stage of alcoholism, benders are common.  Stated more explicitly, during this stage of the disease, the alcoholic often gets helplessly and hopelessly drunk and may remain in this predicament for days at a time.  The unattainable goal for the alcohol dependent person at this time is to recapture the feeling of euphoria he or she once experienced.

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Lack of  parental support, monitoring, and communication have been significantly related to frequency of drinking, heavy drinking, and drunkenness among adolescents.  Harsh, inconsistent discipline and hostility or rejection toward children have also been found to significantly predict adolescent drinking and alcohol-related problems.

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