Alcohol urine test. Beverage alcohol or ethanol can be detected in the urine up to 24 hours after your last drink. Many factors, including body weight, gender, and rate of drinking, influence the amount of ethanol in the body. There is no way to speed up the metabolism of alcohol. It is very much individualized and depends on how your body breaks down ethanol. - [Read more]

Although urine alcohol testing will indicate the presence of alcohol in a person's system, it will not indicate an individual's current condition. Once consumed, alcohol enters the blood through the stomach within about 15 minutes, causing immediate impairment. It is then metabolized by the body and, after 1½ to 2 hours, will begin to show up in the urine. Therefore, urine alcohol does not give a true picture of the person's current condition. The results indicate the person's condition several - [Read more]