How we defend a drug or prescription DUI
Michigan treats a drug case much like a drink case, yet the proof works in a very different way. There is no clean number like a breath reading. The state leans on a blood test, on what an officer thought he saw on the road, and on a road side exam that asks you to balance and follow a small light with your eyes. We have seen good people charged after one legal pill from their own doctor. If a drug shows up in your blood, the case can still move ahead. That is why the early facts matter so much, and why the first call you make can shape the whole road that follows.
Most drug cases turn on a blood draw and a lab report. Blood must be drawn the right way, stored cold, and logged at each step along the chain from the arm to the lab bench to the report that lands on the desk of the court. A small gap in that record can put the whole result in doubt. We read the lab notes line by line. We check who handled the vial and when. Many drugs sit in your blood for days after the effect is long gone, so a test that reads high may say nothing at all about how you drove that night.
- We pull the full blood and lab record, then check every step for gaps.
- We test whether the stop and the road side exam were done by the book.
- We bring in our own readers to weigh the lab numbers against the state.
- We guard your license through the early hearing window before it closes.
- We meet you fast, explain the path in plain words, and answer the phone.
A valid prescription is not a free pass on the road, but it changes the whole picture. The state still has to prove the drug left you unfit to drive. We gather your medical records, your dose, and the time you last took it, then we line that up next to the lab number to show how thin the case can be. We show how the drug acts in the body and why a level alone proves little. A trained reader can tell a jury that a number on a page does not equal real harm. Prosecutors hear that too. Many soften at the table once they see how hard the proof will be.
A drug or prescription charge can feel like the deck is stacked, yet these cases break open more often than people think. The science is soft, the testing is human, and human work has flaws. Call us today. We will look at your stop, your test, and your real options, and we will tell you straight where you stand.
