Whenever medication is prescribed for accute or chronic pain, the instructions are to wait until you know how your body reacts to medication, before driving. Millions of individuals depend on such treatment just to be able to function with their daily routings.
One important factor to remember is that just because it's legal and given to you does not mean that it's legal to drive with it. The law here in Arizona, for instance, is more stringently prosecuted involving, pain, antidepressants, anxiety medications than even alcohol.
While a breath test is usually administered to see how much alcohol is in one's system before prosecuting one for a DUI, that is not the case with prescription drugs. All it takes is an law officer to suspect something's in ones system to get trial to begin. It takes just a little amount of medication to get one sentenced for a DUI. Impoundment of vehicle, going to jail, license terminated, and the cost of legal fees are all involved.
Something seems totally wrong with the law regarding this. Why doesn't the law, and prosecutors take in consideration why the drugs are in your system to begin with? Shouldn't there be some test to read if one is above or below their prescribed dosage?
Another factor is that alcohol takes far less time to escape the body than pain meds. That means one doesn't have to have taken that medication on that day, or several days prior, to be found guilty of a DUI in the court of law.
I'm saying enough is enough! Let's do some brain storming and see what we can come up with to change this nonsense. One possibility is to bring this up to congress, or the AMA committee. It's our health that should be the number one priority to address, in all issues involved. If the law is going to be so harsh, then they should have the tests, and a responsible reason before slapping the hand cuffs on and prosecuting. DUI is not just a light sentence, it's one that will stick on one's record like super glue, and, in some cases, even threaten a career.
Got any ideas? I would love to hear from you.
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
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