I don’t think you can use the same excuse if your relatives already tried it....
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/patrick-kennedy-i-wasnt-drinking/
It wasn’t alcohol, said Rep. Patrick Kennedy, in the first of two statements issued to explain an accident in which he crashed his car into a security barricade near the U.S. Capitol.
“I consumed no alcohol prior to the incident,” said Kennedy, commenting on reports that he appeared to be staggering when he emerged from his green Mustang convertible at about 2:45 a.m. Thursday – insisting that he was late for a vote in the House.
That statement left many reporters with further questions about the incident and the way it was handled by police. Late Thursday night, the 38-year-old Rhode Island Democrat – son of Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy – decided to release more details.
Patrick Kennedy says several hours before the accident, he had taken two prescription drugs prescribed by the attending physician of the U.S. Congress: Phenergan, to treat gastroenteritis, and Ambien, a sleeping pill.