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 Driving under the influence of prescription medications is on the increase, and it poses a serious threat to motorist safety. The large numbers of Americans, who are on some kind of medication means more numbers of people driving under the influence of medication side effects, many of them which they are not aware of. It doesn't make it easier that there are new prescription drugs coming out every year in the US, and that doctors may not be aware of many of the side effects of using these. It means motorists driving under the influence of impaired judgment, enhanced risk taking impulses, inability to judge distances, delayed response times, drowsiness, fatigue and a whole range of other side effects.

According to the New York Times, there are far too many challenges involved in cracking down on drivers impaired by medications. There are not enough drug detection officers who can detect the presence of these drugs, and not enough technical resources to determine that a person is driving under the influence of these drugs. Sometimes, there may be more than one prescription drug involved, which taken individually might be safe, but in combination, may create side effects that impair driving. Patients are not always aware of the ingredients of the medications they are using, and the side effects of these. Besides, lack of patient awareness about the right ways to take medications, is another factor. There may be errors in dosage, and mistakes made while combining these drugs with certain kinds of foods or other medications. All these errors may impact the person’s ability to drive. Obviously, these are great challenges for New Jersey accident lawyers and law enforcement agencies.

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We all know that drinking and driving often results in death, serious injury or the destruction of life.  A recent local news story reported an accident in South Jersey recently sent several innocent grocery shoppers to the hospital. A car spun out of control and slammed into 3 people - two of them were in wheelchairs. The police are saying the driver was intoxicated when she crashed into pedestrians on a Shoprite sidewalk in front of the store.

 As a Monmouth County and New Jersey car accident attorney I have represented hundreds of victims that suffered critical injuries because of alcohol related car accidents.  This news story above highlights a all too common scenario whereby alcohol appears to have impaired this driver’s sense of judgment. The alleged intoxicated driver may have destroyed the lives of these innocent grocery shoppers who never would have imagined that they would fall victim to a drunk driver while going through their normal every day routine of pushing their grocery carts at their local supermarket.  Drinking and driving frequently leads to victim's extreme suffering.  I have witnessed first hand clients that have suffered at the hands of drunk drivers’ : traumatic brain injury, loss of limbs, spinal cord injuries including paralysis fractures, herniated disc injuries leading to spinal fusion or inter-body fusion surgery and a myriad of other life altering injuries and even death.  So as a seasoned New Jersey and Monmouth County accident attorney lawyer I can attest unequivocally that alcohol mixed with driving of motor vehicles, motorcycles or trucks many times equates with the total destruction of innocent life and also destroys both individuals and their families.  We can significantly reduce the number of serious injuries and fatalities in New Jersey by never ever driving while intoxicated or in any way impaired.  

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