Posted on 05/04/2006 7:06:03 PM PDT by Jean S
With a tendency to stare zombie-like and run into stationary objects, a new species of impaired motorist is hitting the roads: the Ambien driver.NY Times March 8, 2006Ambien, the nation's best-selling prescription sleeping pill, is showing up with regularity as a factor in traffic arrests, sometimes involving drivers who later say they were sleep-driving and have no memory of taking the wheel after taking the drug.
Since when does ANY congress critter, let alone a KENNEDY, drive his own car?
"Some time around 2:45 a.m., I drove the few blocks to the Capitol Complex believing I needed to vote," his second statement said. "Apparently, I was disoriented from the medication."
Patches Kennedy has now had some time to concoct a story... it was sleep medication, not alcohol. Yeah, that's it... that's the ticket...
If you haven't seen it, check out the accident report from Patches' accident on 4/15/06 in Portsmouth, RI. Be sure to check out the Congressman's handwriting on page 6. Hmmm... drunk at 10 in the morning???
Could very well be true since it got a lot of press recently.
See my excerpt from the NY Times 2 months ago.
You left out running moonshine during prohibition, womanizing, the Bay of Pigs, et al.
Oh, and fat Ted is worried about a wind farm affecting tourism while engaging in duplicitous politics regarding energy.
It's a funny thing, philanthropy is a great thing if you're spending someone elses money and not yours.
The Kennedys, the paradigm of virtue.
I must find my bottle of ipecac so I can hurl chunks.
Well, at least he didn't strike the police officer. And a good thing there was noone else in the car and also that he wasn't driving over a bridge. Who knows what could have happened then?
I thought it was because they are all alcoholics. They can't drive, they can't ski, and they certainly can't hold their liquor. I'm an Irishman, and they are an insult to our ancestors.
Don't be so hasty. I've taken Ambien for several years (under MD's care, of course) and know what can happen when a person is disoriented from it. Talk about sleepwalking! There are documented cases of people doing all kinds of complex things--cooking meals, showering, painting, writing, having sex, and yes driving--after the drug takes effect, without any memory whatsoever the next day. I know this is true because I've experienced some of it myself. I've never, ever attempted to drive my car (I'd be off it immediately if I had!) but there are times when I've prepared food and eaten it, did laundry or other housework, or had long conversations with my husband, and then had total amnesia of the incident/s afterwards. Do a Web search and you'll find all kinds of anecdotal data. Many people have experienced similar situations.
Ambien is one of the most widely prescribed medicines in America, and some people are taking it like candy without considering its possible serious side effects. Combined with another drug, it could very well have contributed to such an incident. (Okay, now I can't believe I'm in the almost intolerable position of offering a possible defense for a Kennedy, but there it is!)
This guy, Kennedy, is a great leader and rolemodel. Sheesh.
What a totally irresponsible person.
There is the law for you uns ,and the law for we uns. And it aint the same.
An "anti-nausea drug"? Oh, is THAT what they're calling it these days. Maybe someone's using a "smoke" screen? ;)
"drove the few blocks"
How many bars are within a few blocks of the capitol complex?
The other problem is with police who attempted to make the issue go away.
2. Patches has had many run ins with the law including an addiction to Cocaine, an assault on a woman on a yacht, numerous car accidents and other assorted adventures.
3. They could have pictures of him drinking Jack Daniels straight from the bottle while doing lines of coke off the ass of an 18 year old male prostitute, it will make no difference. His State of Rhode Island will vote him back to Washington again and again.
You and me both!
Um, that's STILL A DUI.
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