So, I see in social discussion about the affects of driving intoxicated and I have to offer an opinion. I have a strong belief that anyone guilty of driving under the influence should be held accountable for their actions, intended or not.

Driving drunk or under the influence of any drug is a planned act, a conscious decision. Therefore, it can be understood that any act while under the influence that has adverse affects on anyone or anything is premeditated. To that conclusion, the mere act of driving under the influence can be construed as attempted murder with premeditation and any deaths as premeditated murder. Anyone in the same car that is under the influence is an accomplice and should carry the same charges as they are present during a felony.

It may seem harsh, but determining punishment as a deterrent will always be harder for the first ones that have to bare the burden of punishment. For as many as it takes for society to become responsible, the condemnation of the guilty is what will be required to set social lines of morality. Those that continue to break laws of morality face the consequences of that choice. Society will have to pay the cost, with lives, to eliminate this social pariah from the streets. The number of lives lost with be determined by the number examples that are made by enforcing such a strict punishment. If we can do what society did for cannibalism to driving under the influence, morality wins.

We must shun the guilty not attempt rehabilitate them. If they cannot make a conscious choice what make you think they can make an unconscious one.