 Drugged driving in Georgia
This article highlights the difficulty of determining when drivers are operating a vehicle under the influence of drugs—in this case prescription drugs.
While it is true that prescription drugs come with warnings about their use and side effects, it is also true that, unlike with alcohol, there are no roadside test to determine how much drug is in a person's system, nor are there legal guidelines that state how much of any particular drug makes a driver unsafe. Common sense tells us this is true: how many prescribe drugs are there? How many have gone through the years and years of testing to determine just how much causes impairment?
We all want unimpaired, safe drivers next to us on metro Atlanta roads. However, if the Georgia police are going to talk about medications affecting driving behavior, then prosecutors need to bring in medical experts. The police and other eye witnesses are perfectly capable of telling us what they see with their own eyes, but they absolutely cannot give an opinion that the observations are caused by medications. If Georgia doesn't want to hire experts, that's its decision.
I cannot believe that a prosecutor would dismiss a charge, or a jury wouldn't convict, based upon police observations only. Without testimony or evidence of medications it is simply a case of he said v. she said, and that is hardly a scientific or legal way to try a case.
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