# Magic Sobriety Drug: Legal Defense for Drunk Driving?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-sobriety-drug-legal-defense-for-drunk-driving/647104>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 13, 2013, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-sobriety-drug-legal-defense-for-drunk-driving/647104 "2013-01-13T23:20:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![jennyellice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@jennyellice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jennyellice)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-sobriety-drug-legal-defense-for-drunk-driving/647104/21 "2013-12-06T09:18:56Z")

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In the event that there were such a pill, and it truly met expectations, then, at the appointed time course, the governing bodies might permit it to be utilized within conjunction with liquor. They’d redefine “driving under the impact.”

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**Author:** ![Trinopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/2bfe46/32.png) [@Trinopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trinopus)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2013, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/magic-sobriety-drug-legal-defense-for-drunk-driving/647104/22 "2013-12-06T22:02:05Z")

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This is obviously the wisest, most insightful, and most informed possible position on the issue.

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