Posted on 09/25/2009 2:16:15 AM PDT by csvset
WAUSAU, Wis. (AP) -- Wisconsin Rep. Jeff Wood has been arrested again for suspected driving while intoxicated.
The State Patrol says the 40-year-old Independent from Bloomer was arrested about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 39 near Wausau following a report of a vehicle being driven recklessly in Portage County.
The agency says investigators found a prescription bottle of Lorazepam, an anxiety medication, with seven pills in it after stopping Wood's vehicle and noticing he looked sleepy. The prescription of 45 pills had been filled Tuesday.
A message left for Wood at the Capitol was not immediately returned.
Wood was charged with third-offense drunken driving and possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after he crashed into a highway sign in December in Columbia County. His attorney, Tracey Wood, declined comment when The Associated Press reached her Thursday.
He sounds like a drug addict.
Not all people respond to drugs the same way. I have had several serious injuries requiring pain medicines. I have taken Morphine, Methadone,and Oxycontin at different times. None of them helped much. I didn’t get hooked and am still wondering about people that do. I always took the doctor prescribed doses. That may be the reason.
I’ve known a lot of alcoholics who will switch to pills for brief periods, hoping to avoid withdrawals. These efforts often fail spectacularly.
Wood was encouraged to vote for the Democrats’ ridiculous state budget bill, and he did. There is speculation that because of his shennanigans he’d lose his next election but get appointed to a newly-created budget-included state job for NW Wisconsin as a reward for his vote. Keep your eye on his future and see if the Dems paid him for his vote with appointment to that position.
Where does he fit on the Kennedy family tree?
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