Booze Bracelets Which Measure Alcohol in Sweat to be Introduced in UK

Courts will have the power to issue alcohol-monitoring ankle tags otherwise known as "booze bracelets", the sort worn by Lindsay Lohan. The new law will also mean that the courts can give people a limit that they are allowed to drink or that they could ban people from drinking completely. The Leg tag measures every half hour the amount of alcohol in the wearers sweat, it then sends the results electronically to a monitoring system.

The Alcohol Abstinence and Monitoring scheme is to be piloted in South London next month and could then be rolled out across England and Wales. In order to impose the tag on the accused Judges must be satisfied that booze was a contributing factor to an offense but that the person is not an alcoholic in need of specialised treatment.The tags will be available to judges passing community or suspended sentences and can be sanctioned for up to four months.

Makers of the US tag SCRAM (Secure Continuous Remote Alcohol Monitoring) say that while exercise is not a problem, spray tans and fragrances that contain alcohol can set off the sensor.

Emily Robinson, of Alcohol Concern, said: “About half of all crime is alcohol related so it’s encouraging to see pilots like this.”

Drinking Banning Orders, from 2009, could stop someone from going to pubs, clubs or off-licences and drinking in public but not order them off alcohol completely. This should be much more effective

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