the drugs did it

[novapsyche]

Lawyer Using Robitussin-induced Insanity Defense in Robbery Case

A 19-year-old former National Honor Society member has been accused of robbing a gas station and leading police on a high-speed chase.

Karl Leonard's attorney says his client's recreational use of an over-the-counter cold medicine made him temporarily insane.

Leonard's father also blamed his son's actions on his use of dextromethorphan, a cough suppressant found in Robitussin DM.

[...] In a motion filed in Grand Traverse County Circuit Court, defense attorney William Rasmussen wrote, "Continued excessive usage of these drugs causes a zombie-like stage that allows individuals to function but affects the normal decision-making process."

There's also no way he could have led police on a high-speed chase. There's simply no way. Driving dexxed is worse than driving drunk--your reaction times are not slowed by delayed. You tell your foot to hit the brake, and it takes three seconds for the message to reach your body. Not fun. This idiot would have crashed almost immediately.

I hope the judge and/or jury do not accept this line of defense.

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Yes, Every person I know who had ever dexxed told me that planning on doing anything more active than sitting on the couch was an exercise in futility...(while dexxing)