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Driving under the influence is driving under the influence! The point being that the law determines AT WHICH POINT YOU ARE UNDER THE INFLUENCE!If you choose to drive while using alcohol or pain meds AND you begin making driving errors which bring you to the attention of the police and are stopped for DUI/DWI--be prepared to pay the piper! The moral argument is obvious and each person must make the decision for him/herself about whether or not they are coherent enough to drive. It simply is not feasible to restrict every person using mood-altering medications (including stimulants, pain meds, tranquilizers and such) from driving. Even removing some peoples' licenses doesn't stop them from driving. Personal responsibility is the key here.
And the person who started this thread admitted to her own problems and bad judgment. There is no room for feeble excuses. She got busted. She needs to pay the price--just as anyone who drives under the influence and who is caught must do. Trying to rationalize or justify her behavior because "other people are doing it" just doesn't hold water.
When my mother and law was getting HIGH doses of opioids for her cancer pain some years ago and was falling asleep behind the wheel, I called her pharmacy and her doctor and complained, BEGGING them to advise her to refrain from driving. I received the identical response from both places..."People who are tolerant to opioids are perfectly able to drive." She, and the others who drove on the same roads with her, are lucky she never killed anyone. And after multiple accidents, they finally took her license (and she then stopped driving.)
The only thing ANYONE can do is be HONEST with themselves, avoid drinking or using pain meds if you know you have to drive. Even people who drive while they are tired can be dangerous--as another poster poignantly mentioned. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY...it's that simple.
-------------------- Never underestimate the predictability of stupidity.
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