| Yeppers |
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| 10/11/04 12:58 PM |
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 Re: How can LE tell if you are DUI on pain meds?
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Well I probably should not say this but my father is a Lt. Col with the police and a Col. in the military not going to name which branch. Anyhow he has been on my case about being on oxy for back surgery, I am 28 have been in 2 severe car accidents and have marfan's which means I'll have to have heart surgery soon. Point being is that now he is in pain beause of his knees, well the poor baby went straight to the local doc and got hydro he even takes my mothers and she just had her second back surgery. I also know a cop on oxycontin for neck surgery in fsct I know of alot of military and police that drink and or are on meds so who are they to judge when they stop us and find a legitamate prescription bottle? They are human too and there is going to be a time when they are an meds. Well my father the enforcer finally shut up about my meds b/c he realizes that sometimes the pain is just to bad to function and you need meds to even do daily tasks. Of course his main complaint was b/c of how much oxy costs, I told him well look at what you approve for military projects, the bradley tank costs more money than most people will see in their lives!
Well 'my' cop was very 'mightier than thou'.
After he chatted me up and built his case against me, he went from very friendly to an a&&hole. He and another officer at the station said they had been prescribed hydro for broken bones, but 'they never took it'.
Funny thing was...at the prelim he was very polite and very nice. Dunno..maybe (very, very small maybe), my being clean and goint through treatment since the stop will help in court. It would take a VERY understanding DA and Judge though.
For the record. I was in hydro withdrawal at the time of the stop. It was a Friday, I had a suboxone appt. on Monday and was rationing until then. My last hydro was about 10:30 am and I was stopped at 11 PM. In fact I would not have been drinking had I not thought it might help get me through withdrawal for the night.
LOL...I have very bad luck or am a very bad person. One of the two.
