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Originally Posted by Brown Thrasher
Most half-way hoses make A.A./N.A. meetings mandatory at leat five times per week. Also, upon arrival from pass(some do not even have passes), they receive a urine drug screen. alcohol will show up in the body for 24 hrs.
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Busted.
UDS doesn't test for alcohol. It's in the name. Urine
Drug Screen. Different rapid screen kits test for different substances, but a full-blown hospital toxicology dept UDS is much better. Some of the new antidepressants show false positives for things like methamphetamine.
You can test for alcohol via breath test (less reliable) or blood test (preferred, and meets the legal standard for criminal prosecution if the chain of evidence is properly maintained).
The amount of time it takes for alcohol to leave one's system varies based on things like metabolism and whether or not you've already blown your liver, but most people drop at about 0.08/hr. Alcohol does not remain at testable levels in the blood for 24 hours unless you've been doing some serious major drinking.
People in halfway houses without passes still manage to get drunk. Or use. I've heard from quite a few people that there are more drugs in inpatient rehabs than on the street (and that's supposedly a higher security and screening level than a halfway house).