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 ====Ethanol====
-*Usually measure in Canada: ''mass of EtOH (mg)/volume of blood (mL)''.
+*Usually measured (in Canada) as: ''mass of EtOH (mg)/volume of blood (mL)''.
-**Limit (Ontario): 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood (0.08).<ref>URL: [http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml]. Accessed on: 28 September 2010.</ref>
+**Limit (Ontario): 80 milligrams of alcohol in 100 millilitres of blood (0.08 gm/100 mL).<ref>URL: [http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/impaired/fact-sheet.shtml]. Accessed on: 28 September 2010.</ref>
+**Enough to be fatal ~ 350 mg/dL ~= 76 mmol/L.
+Ethanol intoxication:<ref>URL: [http://www.southend.nhs.uk/pathologyhandbook/clinical_chemistry/Guidelines/ethanol_poisoning.htm http://www.southend.nhs.uk/pathologyhandbook/clinical_chemistry/Guidelines/ethanol_poisoning.htm]. Accessed on: 19 October 2010.</ref>
+{| class="wikitable"
+|Mild
+| < 1.8 g/L
+| < 0.18 g/dL
+| < 180 mg/dL
+| < 39 mmol/L
+|-
+|Moderate
+| 1.8-3.5 g/L
+| 0.18-0.35 g/dL
+| 180-350 mg/dL
+| 39-76 mmol/L
+|-
+|Severe
+| 3.5-4.5 g/L
+| 0.35-0.45 g/dL
+| 350-450 mg/dL
+| 76-98 mmol/L
+|}
 ====Cocaine====