DUI Defender

Earlier this week the United States Food and Drug Administration released a statement indicating that it hard notified the manufacturers of insomnia drugs that a possible side effect could be “sleep driving, making phone calls, preparing and eating food.”

This statement confirms what many of our client’s have related, that they don’t remember anything until the red and blue lights appeared behind them.  Last year, Representative Patrick Kennedy claimed that he had no recollection of driving after taking Ambien and crashing into a Capital security barrier.  Representative Patrick Kennedy’s experience is not the only story involving one of these drugs.

Experts recommend that people who are prescribed these types of drugs do not mix them with alcohol or other sedatives and take only the prescribed dosage.

The fact of the matter is that these drugs can be cause of driving that could result in a driving under the influence charge.  Driving under the influence is a general intent crime and therefore can be charged by a prosecutor without the accused specifically intending to violate the law.  A competent DUI attorney can help defend charges that arise from driving under the influence of these types of drugs or a combination of these drugs and alcohol.  Hoever, the ingestion of these types of drugs, and the unexpected conduct that resuklts as a side effect of proper usage may be a defense to a specific intent crime.

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