DUI Defender

There has been a lot of discussion recently regarding diet and alcohol. Some in the medical community have documented the fact that diabetics can enter a state of ketosis wherein their breath will test positive for alcohol on many types of breath analyzers that have specificity issues (devices that are not alcohol specific). In a recent Swedish study researchers found that low calorie diets can result in false positives that prevent ignition interlock devices from allowing cars to start. If the devices can’t tell the difference between ethyl alcohol, ketones and isopropyl alcohol, how can we trust the results of blood alcohol measurements made by similar machines used in law enforcement?

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