Drug driving has long been a target for government changes. Steve Williams is the country's leading drug driving solicitor. With a fascination bordering on obsession for the new law and how it will affect motorists Steve has studied all of the literature on this subject. Looking into not just the law but the government's thinking behind it. For months he has made enquiries with the government, police chiefs and prosecutors as to the way this will work and has an understanding of this law unequalled in the country.
This law has not been thought through at all, the Government have succumbed to political pressure to bring in a law that in reality will be very difficult to enforce. It leaves huge holes in the law and will raise many more questions than it answers. Whilst other lawyers have been waiting for the law to come into force we have been studying it, reviewing it and preparing defences that will arise when the confusion starts.
If you are looking for someone to represent you it is important that you go to the person with the first-hand knowledge not someone who has simply followed our advice without the months of work it has taken to get the background knowledge to support their advice.
This law has not been thought through at all, the Government have succumbed to political pressure to bring in a law that in reality will be very difficult to enforce. It leaves huge holes in the law and will raise many more questions than it answers. Whilst other lawyers have been waiting for the law to come into force we have been studying it, reviewing it and preparing defences that will arise when the confusion starts.
If you are looking for someone to represent you it is important that you go to the person with the first-hand knowledge not someone who has simply followed our advice without the months of work it has taken to get the background knowledge to support their advice.
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There are a number of Drug Driving Defences, we don't propose to go through every available defence but here are a few of the more popular ones.
There is concern that this will criminalise patients who will then be put under the burden of establishing that they are taking the drugs as prescribed.
If you are currently being treated with or start being treated with diamorphine or ketamine, please be aware that it may be helpful to keep confirmation of this with you when you are driving.
This is because the police have new powers to investigate drivers who are suspected of driving with such substance(s) in their bodies.
There is concern that this will criminalise patients who will then be put under the burden of establishing that they are taking the drugs as prescribed.
If you are currently being treated with or start being treated with diamorphine or ketamine, please be aware that it may be helpful to keep confirmation of this with you when you are driving.
This is because the police have new powers to investigate drivers who are suspected of driving with such substance(s) in their bodies.
Clonazepam is a drug having anxiolytic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, amnestic, sedative, and hypnotic properties.
It is marketed under various trade names including Rivotril, Klonopin and Linotril and Clonotril in UK.
It is prescribed for epilepsy and seizures.
It has also been used for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis, anxiety disorders, migraines and panic disorders.
The side effects can include drowsiness and motor impairment including impaired co ordination and balance and dizziness.
It is marketed under various trade names including Rivotril, Klonopin and Linotril and Clonotril in UK.
It is prescribed for epilepsy and seizures.
It has also been used for the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis, anxiety disorders, migraines and panic disorders.
The side effects can include drowsiness and motor impairment including impaired co ordination and balance and dizziness.
Ketamine is a medication used mainly for starting and maintaining anesthesia.
Other uses include sedation in intensive care, as a pain killer, as treatment of bronchospasm, as a treatment for complex regional pain syndrome and as an antidepressant.
It induces a trance like state while providing pain relief, sedation, and memory loss.
Heart function, breathing and airway reflexes generally remain functional.
Common side effects include a number of psychological reactions as the medication wears off.
Other uses include sedation in intensive care, as a pain killer, as treatment of bronchospasm, as a treatment for complex regional pain syndrome and as an antidepressant.
It induces a trance like state while providing pain relief, sedation, and memory loss.
Heart function, breathing and airway reflexes generally remain functional.
Common side effects include a number of psychological reactions as the medication wears off.
Methadone, also known as Symoron, Dolophine, Amidone, Methadose, Physeptone, Heptadon and many other names.
Methadone is mainly used in the treatment of opioid dependence.
It offers very similar effects but a longer duration of effect as Heroin or Morphine.
Oral doses of methadone can stabilise patients by reducing withdrawal symptons or making it more tolerable.
Higher doses of methadone can block the euphoric effects of heroin, morphine, and similar drugs.
As a result, properly dosed methadone patients can reduce or stop altogether their use of these substances.
Methadone is mainly used in the treatment of opioid dependence.
It offers very similar effects but a longer duration of effect as Heroin or Morphine.
Oral doses of methadone can stabilise patients by reducing withdrawal symptons or making it more tolerable.
Higher doses of methadone can block the euphoric effects of heroin, morphine, and similar drugs.
As a result, properly dosed methadone patients can reduce or stop altogether their use of these substances.
Morphine is sold under nearly a hundred trade names.
It is an opioid analgesic drug, and the main psychoactive chemical in opium.
In clinical medicine, morphine is regarded as the gold standard in management of severe pain.
Morphine is a potentially highly addictive substance.
It can cause psychological dependence and physical dependence as well as tolerance.
In the presence of pain and the other disorders for which morphine is indicated, a combination of psychological and physiological factors tend to prevent true addiction from developing, although physical dependence and tolerance will develop with protracted opioid therapy.
It is an opioid analgesic drug, and the main psychoactive chemical in opium.
In clinical medicine, morphine is regarded as the gold standard in management of severe pain.
Morphine is a potentially highly addictive substance.
It can cause psychological dependence and physical dependence as well as tolerance.
In the presence of pain and the other disorders for which morphine is indicated, a combination of psychological and physiological factors tend to prevent true addiction from developing, although physical dependence and tolerance will develop with protracted opioid therapy.
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