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Friday, August 23, 2013
Lawyers and Substance Abuse
You asked, we delivered. Below are links to articles on the web concerning lawyers and substance abuse. As you know, attorneys suffer from substance abuse and addiction problems at rates higher than the general public. The articles describe the problems and causes.
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Sunday, August 18, 2013
Allegedly Drunk Attorney Pisses People Off – Literally!
Ever imagine what must be the worst job? How about those people who conduct urinalysis tests and have to collect the urine samples. Okay, I admit it, one of my additional jobs in the USMC was as a substance abuse control officer. In that capacity, along with my usual duties associated with doing real Marine things, was to conduct random urine tests. Operation Golden Shower we always called it. Understandably, the Marines weren’t too happy about that, but none ever acted out. Just piss in the bottle and get it over with. None were ever drunk at the time, though.
But this story shows what could have happened if one disgruntled test subject were to demonstrate their displeasure.
A North Carolina attorney is accused of misbehaving when asked to provide a urine sample. He allegedly threw the bottle of urine at a police officer. Oh, the indignity! That attorney is in trouble. For more than that. The stinky event occurred at the end of a night of apparent drunken revelry. The evening’s festivities began when he had to leave a bar after having too much to drink. Things went downhill as this story illustrates. In the end, he was accused of resisting arrest, assaulting a female, second-degree tresspassing, and being drunk and disruptive in public.
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But this story shows what could have happened if one disgruntled test subject were to demonstrate their displeasure.
A North Carolina attorney is accused of misbehaving when asked to provide a urine sample. He allegedly threw the bottle of urine at a police officer. Oh, the indignity! That attorney is in trouble. For more than that. The stinky event occurred at the end of a night of apparent drunken revelry. The evening’s festivities began when he had to leave a bar after having too much to drink. Things went downhill as this story illustrates. In the end, he was accused of resisting arrest, assaulting a female, second-degree tresspassing, and being drunk and disruptive in public.
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