Posted by chemist on July 7, 2004, at 22:07:55
In reply to Re: please follow up on Xanax - HUGE problems???... » chemist, posted by Fred23 on July 7, 2004, at 19:48:31
> > i cannot comment on a coherent legal strategy in that i am not an attorney.
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> > you are not really aware of how the drug is affecting you.
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> The sense I've seen in the laws about drugged or drunk driving is that it is the driver's responsibility to be in the condition to drive.
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> There have been a number of "Xanax and alcohol" car accidents in the local paper, and the drugs are seen as more of a contributing factor than an excuse.
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> (I, too, and not a lawyer, though.)
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hello there, chemist here....i concur with you completely in re: the driver's responsibility. my friend was admittedly in a different situation from someone who gets behind the wheel with a cocktail of alcohol and xanax. the ``valium defense'' i mentioned was, i believe, fair in that the punishment was reduced yet the offense was not forgiven solely because a person was out-to-lunch: if people could get away with anything just because they were taking their meds, we'd be living in quite a different world than one where the offender must take some responisbility from their actions. all the best, chemist
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