However, if the gal is guilty, I hope they throw the book at her. No excuses, no favors. Don't know if she's been arrested before, but for a first arrest, they don't "throw the book" at anybody for this sort of crime in Florida. They usually get probation and drug treatment programs. If they did "throw the book at her" THEN they would be treating her specially -- and unfairly.
I used to work for a health care board in the St of AZ and we had health professionals who had been convicted of same and still allowed to keep their medical licenses. Its really not a big deal at all.