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This is actually commonplace. I cut my legal teeth as a Public Defender in Jacksonville Florida in the early 90s, and I was carrying a case load of about 400-500 cases every 12 weeks. Maybe 10% were DUIs. Every 12 weeks I would have at least one dumbass who could not come to court sober. I use to carry a pack of Altoids in my briefcase and feed them to the worst offenders just so that I could stand talking with them in a huddle. The key I found was to get the alcoholics comfortable with the process that was taking place (no easy feat) and then there was alot less of a chance they would have to come to court plastered in order to cope.
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