The use of drugs, prescriptions,s or otherwise has an effect on the physiological function of your body. The effect can be similar to how alcohol impairs your judgment. The number of cases with drivers who operate a motor vehicle while under the influence of a legal or illegal substance has increased in recent times.

If you have been booked with a DUI with injury in Arizona, you need to take a moment to learn what this means and the possible consequences. DUI with injury is not the same as a regular DUI. The consequences are more serious, and you must act quickly.

A DUI is a serious charge, regardless of where you are driving or how far away from the legal drinking limit you’re at. In Arizona, the law doesn’t just give people a charge of a DUI. DUIs are actually divided into several different categories, many of which go above the “standard” alcohol level.

The FBI estimates that 1,024,508 people in the United States were arrested in 2019 for driving a motor vehicle under the influence (DUI), which in most states requires having a blood alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher. Of those arrests, 17,735 occurred in Arizona. Drunk driving is a crime that Arizona takes very seriously, and there have been statewide efforts to crack down on DUI led by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Many federal laws exist to create uniform legal standards across the country. That is not the case when it comes to DUI laws, however. While there is a federally-imposed legal BAC, or blood alcohol concentration, of 0.08%, drunk driving penalties vary tremendously from state to state.

When it comes to operating a vehicle without a driver's license, Arizona is tough. Arizona law requires that you have your license with you at all times while driving.

Few people are unaware that it is against the law to drive while under the influence of drugs or alcohol. Almost everyone knows that it is against the law to smoke pot and drive. It is universal knowledge that someone cannot drive if their blood alcohol content (BAC) is 0.08 or above.

Imagine a woman and her husband begin to argue after some late-night drinks. The husband has a history of abusing the woman and on this particular night assaults her again. The husband then takes the woman’s phone and drives off. The woman, knowing that usually what follows when her drunken husband returns is an even worse beating, gets into her car and drives to a battered women’s shelter. During that drive she is stopped by police and arrested under suspicion of violating A.R.S. § 28-1381 by driving under the influence (DUI.) Her reasoning for needing to drive despite being under the influence is logical and compelling. Surely no court would convict that woman because she had to drive away; right?