Listerine = DUI

Listerine Drinker Pleads Guilty to DUI

Adrian, MI-A woman with a blood alcohol content (BAC) three times that of the legal limit pleaded guilty to drunk driving and admitted that she had drunk three glasses of Listerine.

Carol Ries, 50, was immediately pulled over by police after she crashed into the back of a car at a stoplight. Ries admitted that she had consumed Listerine that afternoon, and police in fact found a bottle of the Pfizer-manufactured mouthwash in the woman's car.

While her BAC from a Breathalyzer test was lower than the 0.08 legal limit, a second-and less forgiving-test was administered to her with a different device. It measured her BAC at 0.30.

Listerine contains between 26.9% and 21.6% alcohol, depending on the variety.

Prosecutors have discarded a charge for having an open bottle of alcohol in the car, but Ries may still have to serve up to 93 days in Jail and a $500 fine for drunk driving.

January 21, 2005