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Lilo's New Ankle Bracelet: No, You Can't Get One

Alcohol monitoring could come in handy for, say, parents of teenagers

By Emily Rauhala,  Newser User

Posted May 25, 2010 7:22 AM CDT

(Newser) – If an alcohol-monitoring bracelet can keep celebs like Lindsay Lohan from drinking—which, of course, remains to be seen—other sobriety seekers might wonder, can I get one? Can a parent procure one to keep a teenager on the straight-and-narrow? Sadly, no. For now the device—which uses the same technology as a breathalyzer, but tests sweat, not spit—is only sold to courts, probation officers and others who want to make sure drunk drivers don't get behind the wheel, notes the AP. More on Lilo's legal woes here.

Worried that the ugly grey box is going to cramp our party girl's fashion sense, along with her imbibing? Click here to see Gawker's suggestions for what to wear with the new accessory.

Actress Lindsay Lohan, center, smiles as she leaves Beverly Hills courthouse in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2010.
Actress Lindsay Lohan, center, smiles as she leaves Beverly Hills courthouse in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2010.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Actress Lindsay Lohan, left, talks to her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley during a hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2010.
Actress Lindsay Lohan, left, talks to her attorney Shawn Chapman Holley during a hearing in Beverly Hills, Calif., Monday, May 24, 2010.   (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
A  product image provided by AMS,shows  the SCRAMx alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet.
A product image provided by AMS,shows the SCRAMx alcohol-monitoring ankle bracelet.   ((AP Photo/AMS) NO SALES)
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COMMENTS
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sache
May 25, 2010 11:01 PM CDT
This woman is hopeless. Monitor will come off and back to drinking and drugs she will go.
VenturaCapitalist
May 25, 2010 8:05 PM CDT
Breathalyzer? Wouldn't that be a spitalyzer?
HMunster
May 25, 2010 4:11 PM CDT
Lilo should lie low...
 

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