I was wondering if you injected alchol (drinking) straight into your system would it have same effect as drinking it. In clear terms would it get you drunk? Or would you have to drink the beer etc to get drunk?
2006-12-04 07:53:48 · 5 answers · asked by Oliver_Thomas1 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
It would get you drunk, but it could also get you dead. When you drink alcohol, your body has several defense mechanisms to keep from harming yourself too terribly much. That is to say, the alcohol is absorbed by your gastrointestinal system - it is then taken to the liver where it is detoxified somewhat so that lower levels actually reach your brain. If you inject alcohol, it would largely bypass detoxification by the liver and could go straight to your brain in dangerously high doses. If you didn't kill yourself directly by the alcohol causing you to stop breathing, you could very well cause extensive brain damage.
If you need a reminder of the harm that this could cause, give yourself a little papercut and then dunk your hand in rubbing alcohol.
2006-12-04 08:04:52 · answer #1 · answered by jayhawker 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
would not inject drinking alchohol as it is not sterile and will likely cause infection as well as drunkeness. Also direct injection can cause sudden death, as alchohol that has been injested is absorbed slowly, and alchohol that is injected hits immediately. Less that one ounce of injected alchohol can cause cardiac arrest, or alchohol poisoning.
2006-12-04 07:59:33 · answer #2 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Obviously - why do they then take blood samples after car crashes etc - to determine the level of alcohol.......
2006-12-04 07:58:51 · answer #3 · answered by kilamanjaro 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would probably kill you.
2006-12-04 07:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes...faster too
2006-12-04 08:02:02 · answer #5 · answered by sk8rgrl02631 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋