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Could You Lose Your Driver’s License Because of a Drug Charge?

Could You Lose Your Driver’s License Because of a Drug Charge?

Drug-related charges have consequences that not everyone expects. For example, a charge of driving under the influence of drugs, alcohol, or both results in revocation of your driver’s license unless you challenge the revocation within 15 days. Further, a charge of drug possession likely will result in license revocation. A “DUI” crime in Oklahoma includes not only driving while intoxicated by alcohol, but also driving while under the influence of any intoxicating or controlled substance. This may include prescription drugs and controlled dangerous substances (illegal drugs). Using any amount of an illegal drug while driving is a crime. 47 O.S. §...

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Is It Legal to Arrest Me for DUI When I Was Sitting in a Parked Car?

Is It Legal to Arrest Me for DUI When I Was Sitting in a Parked Car?

In Oklahoma, you do not have to be driving a car to be arrested and convicted for DUI. Even “sleeping it off” while parked in a parking lot or driveway is enough. Oklahoma law is very specific about when you are in control of a vehicle, as you may be a danger to yourself or others if you make the decision to drive drunk. Specifically, the law states that you are guilty of DUI if you are under the influence and you “drive, operate, or [are] in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within [Oklahoma], whether upon public roads, highways,...

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