{"id":1523,"date":"2012-04-06T00:10:39","date_gmt":"2012-04-06T00:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/driving-under-influence-of-drugs-california\/"},"modified":"2020-10-30T20:47:53","modified_gmt":"2020-10-30T20:47:53","slug":"driving-under-influence-of-drugs-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/driving-under-influence-of-drugs-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Driving Under the influence of Drugs in California"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Most people don\u2019t realize that driving under the influence of drugs, even completely legal, over the counter drugs, can result in arrest and conviction of driving under the influence.The key element that must be proved to be convicted of a DUI is that the driver suffers a physical or mental impairment such that he or she cannot drive with the same caution that would be exhibited by a sober person.\u00a0This means it is possible to be convicted for driving under the influence of cocaine, marijuana, cold medicine, or even coffee!<\/p>\n

A common mistake many people believe is that they cannot be convicted of a DUI for being under the influence of a drug prescribed by a doctor.\u00a0A prescription is no defense, and the cost of that mistake can have severe consequences.<\/p>\n

Unlike driving under the influence of alcohol cases, there is no numerical limit like \u201c.08%\u201d when determining impairment for drugs.\u00a0This can lead to trouble: a police officer\u2019s judgment and field sobriety tests may be the key evidence against a person in a DUI drugs case.\u00a0If a person is only slightly stoned but has, shall we say, a unique personality, it may lead the officer to believe he or she is far more impaired then they actually are.<\/p>\n

Another difference between drugs and alcohol DUIs is the manner in which you may be chemically tested.\u00a0If you are arrested for a DUI alcohol, you MUST submit to either a breath or blood test.\u00a0If you are arrested for a DUI drugs, you MUST submit to either a blood or urine test.\u00a0Remember, however, that you NEVER have to submit to any test before you are arrested.<\/p>\n

If you are pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, it is important to remain calm and act as normal as possible.\u00a0Do not admit that you have taken any legal or illegal drug, even if you have a prescription.\u00a0Anything you say can and will be used against you!\u00a0If you have not had any alcohol, consent to a breath test.<\/p>\n

But perhaps the best advice you can get?\u00a0Don\u2019t drive if you are unable to do safely! However, if you have been arrested and charged with driving under the influence of drugs, you should\u00a0contact criminal defense attorney Scott R. Ball today<\/a>. A consultation is always free and completely confidential.<\/p>\n

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Most people don\u2019t realize that driving under the influence of drugs, even completely legal, over the counter drugs, can result in arrest and conviction of driving under the influence.The key element that must be proved to be convicted of a DUI is that the driver suffers a physical or mental impairment such that he or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,5,20],"tags":[70,7,30,256,32],"class_list":["post-1523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california-criminal-law-blog","category-california-dui-law-blog","category-california-traffic-ticket-blog","tag-70","tag-dui","tag-traffic-tickets","tag-vc-23152a","tag-vehicle-code"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5591,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1523\/revisions\/5591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.markagallagher.com\/socaldefenselawyers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}