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Woman's DUI arrest is blamed on Prozac
Questions raised about law, anti-depressant
UNUSUAL CASE: When the California Highway Patrol officers pulled over Carol Kent in San Jose, they didn't give her a speeding ticket. They put her in handcuffs and took her to jail for driving under the influence. Of Prozac. Kent says she was not driving erratically when she was pulled over. Her attorney, Dyana M. Lechuga, right, says the case "does not make sense."
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