You can always count on one ritual of the holiday season. Police departments step up DUI enforcement; they create more DUI “squads” or “task forces” and set up more DUI checkpoints at more locations. Drivers at checkpoints are randomly screened, and those who appear to be driving under the influence may be asked to take [...]
Like everything else in law, the matter of intoxicated driving has become complicated over time, and that trend will inevitably continue. In fact, only one thing is certain about DUI (driving under the influence), DWI (driving while intoxicated), and OUI (operating under the influence); every state punishes these crimes severely. The first arrest for drunk [...]
Thousands of people undergo cosmetic surgery procedures every year, and the overwhelming majority of them are happy with the results. That’s why what happened at the Strax Rejuvenation and Aesthetics Institute in Lauderhill, Florida, was not only tragic but unexpected as well. Between 2008 and 2011, three patients died after undergoing procedures performed at the [...]
Some people may claim that smoking dope doesn’t affect their ability to drive, but science is proving that they’re wrong. A breakthrough study conducted by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) indicates – apparently definitively and for the first time – that smoking pot definitely, negatively affects the ability to drive. The NIDA studied [...]
