BY Dr WAHEED definition Drunkenness is a condition produced in an person who has taken alcohol in a sufficient quantity so as to lose the control of his faculties in such a way that it renders him unable to execute safely the occupation in which he was engaged at that particular time ID: 465186
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Certificate of drunkenness
BY Dr WAHEEDSlide2
definition
Drunkenness is a condition produced in an person who has taken alcohol in a sufficient quantity so as to lose the control of his faculties in such a way that it renders him unable to execute safely the occupation in which he was engaged at that particular time.
An individual can be certified to be drunk only when there is evidence that “he was so much under the influence of alcohol as to have lost control of his faculties to such an extent as to render him unable to execute safely the occupation in which he was engaged at the material time”Slide3
Medical terminology
Below 10 mg% : Sober
20 to 70mg%
: Drinking
80 to 100 mg% : Under the influence
150 to 300mg%: Drunk of Intoxicated.
400mg% and above : Come and Death.
Legal Limit of alcohol in blood in India is : 30mg% ( Section 185, Motor Vehicle Act)Slide4
Importance
Consumption of alcohol in any form is an offence in an area where the prohibition act is in force. To be found drunk and incapable of taking care of oneself or to behave in a disorderly manner in a public place is a greater offence.
In case of assault, rape or homicide, the victim or the assailant might have been drinking and fact will materially influence the case before a court.Slide5
Importance
A person who has intoxicated himself is responsible for his acts, but not at all if another person forces it on him.
An intoxicated person cannot give valid consent.Slide6
Conditions to be ruled out
Severe head injuries
Metabolic disorders:-Hypoglycemia due to insulin, hyperthyroidism, uremia.
CNS disorders like:- disseminated sclerosis, intracranial tumors, epilepsy and parkinson’s disease.
Drug reactions :- insulin, antihistamines, barbiturates, morphine etc
Certain pre existing psychological disorders e.g., hypomania, general paresis.
High fever.
Carbon monoxide poisoning
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The Section reads as: Whoever, while driving, or attempting
to
drive a motor vehicle (
a) has in his blood alcohol
exceeding
30
mg per 100 ml of blood detected in a test by a
breath
analyser
, or (
b) is under the influence of a drug to such
an
extent
as to be incapable of exercising proper control over
the vehicle
shall be punishable for the first offence with
imprisonment for
a term that may extend to 6 months or with fine
that may
extend to | 2000, or with both; and for a second or
subsequent offence
, if committed within 3 years of
commission of
the previous similar offence, with imprisonment for a
term that
may extend to 2 years, or with fine that may extend
to 3000
rupees, or with both.Slide8Slide9
READ
STAGES
OF
CONSUMPTION, ABSORPTION AND
ELIMINATION WITH
THEIR MEDICOLEGAL IMPLICATIONS
ALCOHOL
INTOXICATION
ETHANOL
AND
BREATHALYSER (
ALCOMETER/INTOXIMETER/ DRUNKOMETER
)
VEHICULAR
ACCIDENTS
ETHANOL AND CRIME