DUI in MD
This is the legal blood alcohol concentration (BAC) limit for most drivers in Maryland.
What is .08?
Alcohol is classified as this type of drug.
What is a depressant?
The process of removing substances from the body.
What is detox?
This alcoholic drink was commonly safer to drink than water in some ancient societies.
What is beer/ale?
Myth of Fact: “Mixing alcohol and energy drinks cancels out the effects of alcohol.”
What is Myth?
Energy drinks can mask sedation from alcohol, but they do not reduce impairment, increasing risky behavior
Refusing this during a DUI stop in Maryland can lead to license penalties.
What is a breathalyzer/breath test?
This drug is commonly linked to overdose deaths involving fentanyl.
What are opioids?
A return to substance use after a period of sobriety.
What is relapse?
The time period from 1920–1933 when alcohol was banned in the United States was called this.
What is Prohibition?
Myth or Fact: “You can ‘sleep off’ being drunk and wake up sober.”
What is Myth?
Time is the only thing that lowers blood alcohol concentration—nothing speeds up sobering except metabolic breakdown by the liver. Many overdoses occur because people assume they are “fine” after sleeping or “feeling better.”
In Maryland, this device may be required to be installed in a vehicle after a DUI conviction to allow the car to start.
What is an ignition interlock device?
This organ works hard to process both alcohol and many drugs, and heavy substance use can seriously damage it.
What is the liver?
This is the name for people, places, or emotions that increase the urge to use substances.
What are triggers?
This drug crisis greatly increased overdose deaths in the 2000s and 2010s
What is the fentanyl/opioid epidemic?
Myth or Fact: "Treatment must be voluntary to work."
What is Myth?
People coerced into treatment (by employers, family, or the legal system) are just as likely to benefit as those who seek it out
In Maryland, a driver under 21 can get in trouble for having this amount of alcohol in their system.
What is any alcohol/under .02 tolerance?
This term describes needing more of a substance to feel the same effect.
What is tolerance?
This recovery phrase means taking responsibility for your actions and choices.
What is accountability?
This drug was originally marketed in the late 1800s as a medicine and ingredient in tonics and soda products.
What is cocaine?
Myth or Fact: "Medications replace one addiction with another."
What is Myth?
Medication-assisted treatment (MAT) treats withdrawal and cravings, stabilizing brain chemistry to allow for long-term recovery.
This is the administrative consequence that can happen even before a court conviction if you fail or refuse chemical testing in Maryland.
What is an automatic license suspension?
This part of the brain is heavily impacted by addiction and decision-making.
What is the prefrontal cortex/frontal lobe?
A common acronym in recovery, D.E.N.I.A.L, stands for "Don't Even Notice I Am" this.
What is Lying?
This U.S. campaign beginning in the 1970s focused heavily on criminalizing drug use.
What is the War on Drugs?
Myth or Fact: "Prescription Drugs are Safer than Illegal Drugs."
What is Myth?
Opioids, often prescribed for pain relief; benzodiazepines, used for anxiety and sleep disorders; and stimulants, prescribed for ADHD and narcolepsy, all have high addictive potential. Misuse of prescription medications can rapidly escalate into addiction.