The “link” is literal. It’s the alcohol-monitoring tag dubbed “the booze bracelet” that she was ordered to wear in 2007 and again in 2010. The London newspapers are all a-twit about the introduction of the U.S. made device to drunken thugs in the U.K., starting in four London boroughs. Alcohol related crime is estimated to cost the country ‘s economy $22 billion a year.
Worn around the ankle, the SCRAM or “Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitory” records the convict’s alcohol intake by measuring air and perspiration emissions from the skin every half hour and sends a message via the Internet every 24 hours. A result of just 0.02 means a visit from the probation officer.
Just don’t eat a lot yeasty bread or raisins are these can affect the results.
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