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Is it actually measured per mile ? As in if your a mile or less from your destination you can have a higher blood alcohol ?

No. Per-mile just means “per 1000 parts” just like per-cent means „per 100 parts”

No it's like ppm or ppb, only parts per thousand and named per mille or per mil from Latin. Note the double L. The sign for it is ‰.