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Your blood alcohol concentration, or BAC, is the number that the police often use when determining if you were impaired by alcohol. You can be impaired below the legal limit of 0.08%, but hitting that limit means that they can assume you were impaired even without any...
When your boss called you down to their office for a meeting, you may have thought it was about rescheduling your upcoming vacation. Instead, they informed you that they had evidence you had embezzled from the company. At that point, police officers came to arrest...
Alcohol has a known correlation with criminal charges. People go to jail every day for getting behind the wheel of a car after having too much to drink. The truth is that you don't need to drink and drive for alcohol to lead to allegations against you. Getting drunk...
In college, there are times when you need to stay up and study long after you’d rather be in bed. To get through those intense study sessions, you might opt to try study drugs. Be aware that if you do, you could actually be breaking the law depending on what you’re...
If you’re one of the many Californians who enjoy the occasional (or perhaps more-than-occasional) legal recreational marijuana, you may find that you have a relatively predictable reaction to smoking a joint. If you haven’t experienced edibles, which include...
The stress of the last couple of years on medical professionals of all kinds has been unbelievable, and pharmacists are no exception. When you do get a break, it’s only natural to want to kick back a little and relax -- maybe with a glass of wine or two. Just be...
You know that you shouldn’t finish off your last beer, walk to the parking lot behind the bar and hop in your pickup truck. If you’ve had a few drinks, it’s not yet safe to drive, and you could be well over the legal limit. You also know that your Blood Alcohol...
People struggling with addiction could easily find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Not only is the substance involved in their addiction illegal for them to abuse, but chemical dependence could lead to criminal activity in other areas of their lives. Someone...
When you’re charged with a crime, it helps to have a good alibi. An alibi is simply proof that you were unable to commit the crime for some reason, and that the authorities have charged the wrong person. Alibi evidence may include video surveillance footage,...
If you attended nursing school, then you don't likely need anyone telling you how challenging it is. That's not all -- you have to pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Registered Nurses (NCLEX-RN). It's only then that you can apply for a license from...