- RIGA, Latvia (Reuters) -
Latvian police said a drunk picked up with around twice the blood-alcohol
level considered deadly had probably set a world record but would wake
with a hangover to match.
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- The unidentified middle-aged man was unconscious but
stable after a blood test showed 7.22 parts per million of alcohol, police
spokeswoman Ieva Zvidre said.
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- An average person would vomit at around 1.2, lose consciousness
at 3.0 and stop breathing at a level of about 4.0 parts per million, Zvidre
said, adding: "This is one for the Guinness Book of Records."
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- The hospital's emergency ward head Martins Sics told
reporters there was no record of anybody having survived such a dose, even
in neighboring Russia which takes pride in its vodka-guzzling traditions.
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- "He won't remember a thing when he comes to,"
Sics said.
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