South Carolina Prescription Medication DUI Charge Attorney
Nobody ever intends to get arrested for DUI. In cases involving prescription medications, this is especially true. It has become increasingly common for people with prescriptions for certain mediations to take them and then get behind the wheel, never realizing that they could face potentially serious charges.
If you have been pulled over or arrested for driving while under the influence of a prescription medication, you need to take critical action to protect your rights. Without experienced counsel, you could risk severe penalties, including jail time, fines and loss of license.
At the Carroll Law Firm in Charleston, South Carolina, we represent people accused of driving under the influence of many different types of prescription medications:
- Sleep aids, like Ambien
- Prescription painkillers, like OxyContin, codeine or Hydrocodone
- Anti-anxiety mediations, like Valium, Klonopin or Xanax
- Anti-addiction drugs, like Methadone or Suboxone
Challenging Prescription Drug Allegations
If the basis of prosecution was your prescribed usage, you need experienced counsel to protect your rights. Our primary attorney lectures on the complexities of this issue and has an in-depth understanding of the law. Remember that you are being charged because you admitted to taking drugs that were prescribed to you.
Charleston Attorney Explains DUI Arrests and Prescriptions
With doctors tending to overprescribe, many patients are left unable to defend themselves against these criminal allegations, even when they did not know the effects of the medication or how the medication would react with other substances. In building your defense, Attorney Drew Carroll may not be challenging whether you were an impaired driver, but whether your conduct was intentional.
Mr. Carroll will take an informed and strategic approach to dissect and challenge all evidence presented against you, including breath test evidence, urine samples, video recordings and any field sobriety testimony given by law enforcement officials. . Remember, no evidence is cut and dried proof. You need an experienced advocate to analyze the evidence on your behalf, and then construct the team of experts necessary to challenge that evidence. Drew Carroll has the specialized training and knowledge to analyze the evidence, and the relationships with qualified respected experts to build the team you need to defend against your DUI Drug charge.
Take action now to protect your rights and defeat the charges against you. Call 843-628-2351 or contact us by e-mail for a consultation and case evaluation with a trusted and leading DUI defense lawyer serving Charleston, South Carolina.
