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Pending DUI Drugs Citation Need Help Pls

Mine's a tuffie, I think. I was pulled over on September 16, 2008, by a Georgia State Patrol Officer because the police office said I was weaving on the road and it looked like I was falling asleep. He asked if I was tired, and I told him yes, that my baby sister had died two weeks prior, that I was very stressed out, had a lot on my shoulders with helping out my parents and with taking care of my kids. I had been on the go all day and was on the way to take my daughter and I to our psychiatrist appointments. He asked if I had taken any medications that day and I said just my regular daily medications that morning. (I got pulled over at 4 pm). He asked me to write down the medications (Effexor, Lithium, Nifedipine, Neurontin, Metformin). He went to his police car, then I got out, he met me halfway and told me we would be doing a few tests (the sobriety tests). I did the tests and KNOW I passed them. He looked closely at my eyes (I know they were bloodshot, but they stay that way from being irritated from my contacts). Anyhow, then he said I would be under arrest for DUI for drugs. I was shocked beyond belief because all I had taken was my daily prescribed meds. He then told me that we would be going to the hospital to dr

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