The video below discusses how terms for racial and ethnic identities have changed over the years and how a racial or ethnic term may not accurately describe a person's identity, as the person may have multiple racial and ethnic backgrounds.
She started drinking at 10pm and had 6 mixer (9 standard) drinks over 4 hours. At 2am her blood alcohol concentration was 0.24. She stayed the night at a friendâs house. It took more than 16 hours before Melitaâs BAC was back to zero.
Generally speaking, alcohol leaves your system at a rate of .015 per hour. Still using the two examples above, there would be no measurable alcohol in the woman's body in about 6-1/4 hours, and the man's body in about 2-3/4 hours. Below is a list of BACs and the approximate time it takes for alcohol to leave your system. A BAC of .02 will take about 1.33 hours to leave your system.