Medicines and other drugs count for DUI
A free practice question for the Georgia permit test, with the answer explained.
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Can you be charged with DUI for driving after taking a legal prescription drug?
The rule
It is illegal to drive under the influence of alcohol, any drug (prescription or illegal), or any other substance that impairs your driving. A prescription is no defense if the medicine impairs you.
Georgia's DUI law covers alcohol, illegal drugs, prescription medicines and any other substance that impairs your driving. A prescription is no defense.
From the Georgia Drivers' Manual, page 23. This question is our own wording of that rule. The handbook and the DDS have the final word.
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