Careful not to Wash mouth and Drive

[Ninkobei]

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ADRIAN, Mich. (AP) - A woman who pleaded guilty to driving while drunk on three glasses of Listerine was sentenced Tuesday to two years of probation.

Officials suspected Carol Ries, 50, was intoxicated after she rear-ended another vehicle at a red light in January. Police found a bottle of the mouthwash in her car.

She passed one breath test, but failed another that used different equipment. Her blood alcohol level was .30 percent, more than three times the legal limit.

According to Listerine manufacturer Pfizer Inc. (PFE)'s Web site, original formula Listerine contains 26.9 percent alcohol, more than four times that of many malt liquors, while other varieties contain 21.6 percent alcohol.


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[EricaLubarsky]

so many bad chemicals in mouthwash though...if you really want to get drunk from mouthwash, you are really an alcoholic

[Ninkobei]

...or a really desperate high schooler ;o

[bernardos70]

When I younger I wondered if you'd have just used mouthwash and got breath-tested for alcohol, that you'd get arrested for being drunk. That of course was before I found out how those breath test devices really work.