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Many hospitals are notoriously lax about testing, and if you really are injured, who can blame them?
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A Case of Drunk Driving
I hate to see drunk driving convictions overturned for procedural errors, because I suspect that eventually, those fatality stats will reverse course and begin to climb again.
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Cruising With Cannabis
There’s not a lot of disagreement about the potential for cannabis intoxication to impair driving performance, though without an accepted standard and a reliable roadside test, it’s not of much value in a courtroom.
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When Shame Would Help
Clearly, these folks don’t experience shame in the way society expects. It’s why they arrive in treatment angry and defensive.
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Opioids in Cars
The research team examined 24 years of cases and concluded the impairment was attributable to opioids.
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In the News: Stoned Driving
So where does that leave us? Without a standard.
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In the News: DUI, Cannabis-Style
Although polls show Americans are broadly in favor of medical marijuana, they’re not as enthusiastic about the prospect of sharing the road with seriously stoned drivers.
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“S/he Did it AGAIN?” Repeat DUI Offenders
A criminal defense attorney complained to me that his clients didn’t begin to take things seriously until the second or even third offense.
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Drunk Driving Debate
It appears that extended prison terms aren’t much good at changing offender behavior after release.
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In the News: The “Affluenza” Case
Our healthcare system supports more and in some cases better treatment based on the ability to pay for it.
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In the News: A Roundup
It’s simply evidence of the shift by chronic users to a cheaper, more readily available alternative.
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Persuasion in Prevention
Kids in the audience already know someone who uses drugs without appearing to suffer much from it. Assertions to the contrary by some stranger are automatically dismissed.
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The Ghost of DUIs Past
Closure is a great aid to the process of recovery, as it allows you to shut the door to that part of your life and move forward to newer, better things.
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