Underage Consumption of Alcohol Possible Punishments?

How long can alcohol consumption show up in a urine analysis?

  • I recently took a urine analysis, and was told that I tested positive for alcohol even though I hadn't consumed any alcohol in over 5 days. Is this possible??? It is possible I was lied to in order to trick me into admitting to consumption. I was told that alcohol causes levels of certain chemicals/minerals in the blood to lower, which is how the test goes about seeing that you had consumed alcohol.

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    With some urine alcohol tests, alcohol can be detected up to around 48 hours after a person has ingested alcohol. With the EtG Urine Alcohol Test, however the presence of EtG in the urine demonstrates that ethanol alcohol was ingested within the past 3 or 4 days, or roughly 80 hours after the ethanol alcohol has been metabolized by the body. As a result, it can be determined that a urine alcohol test employing EtG is a more accurate indicator of the recent consumption of alcohol as opposed to simply measuring for the existence of ethanol alcohol (as is done many other urine alcohol tests). The lady below me probably isn't really an LAC (Licensed Addiction Councelor) or she only understands one protocol for the detection of alcohol in the body. I worked for 10 years in a Psychiatric Addiction Hospital and a Halfway House for addicts. Both places used both urine tests as well as breathlayzers-both are reliable sources if you suspect alcohol use.

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FIRST OF ALL HOW MUCH DID U DRINK? THATS THE QUESTION! 2nd JUST DRINK PLENTY OF WATER, AND U GOOD! U ACT LIKE U R TAKING A BLOOD TEST R SOMETHING, JUST NEXT TIME IF U DRINK GIVE YOURSELF 24 TO 48HR OF CLEAR LIQUIDS, AND U WILL BE GOOD! ..................HOLLA... MISS HOUTON TX

HOUSTON TX

I have always been told it only shows up for like 2 days afterwards..

chik11

i believe its one hour for every drink you had, so unless you drank a truck load i would say it was a false possitive.

Michael B

Alchohol stays in the body for 12 hours.

hot rod

48 hours.

Emmaa.

Alcohol cannot be detected in a urine test. I am an addictions counselor in a drug rehab facility and I have to drug test my clients every time they come back from an appointment or if they go out with their family anywhere. If I have a suspicion that they are using alcohol, then I can give them a breathalizer test right then, and that will only work if they had just been drinking within the past couple hours. The only other way to detect alcohol in the body is through a bloos test, which also has a low shelf life. It can only be detected if you used it that day, unless you drank soooo much that you were completely wasted and were in a major black out then you could still detect it in the blood the next day. But there is absolutely noooooo way in the world that they could ever find out if you used alcohol in a urine test, so whoever gave you the test, im hoping it was a parent because if it was a medical proffesional then it was illigal for them to lie to you and they could lose their liscense to practice medicine or therapy. So if it was one of your parents they were just probably trying to scare you into admitting something you didnt do. If it was a medical professional then they need to be reported because that is not ethical to do to someone. You need to tell your parents that you know there is no way alcohol can show up in a urine test, and tell them that they shoudl be a little more honest with you, which in turn needs to o both ways. I do not know how old you are, but you should be telling them the truth as well. I do believe that you didnt drink, but you need to tell them that, and get them to trust you. Tell them that they raised you right and that you know better than to do that, unless you do drink then you need to come clean with them. If you do that then they will have alot more respect for you for coming clean than they would for you lying, but you need to let them know that if they want you to be honest then they need to do the same thing. I hop this helps, if you have any other questions or need any help please feel free to e mail me and I would be happy to answer any other questions you may have. Good luck!!!

Kassie18

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