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Should people be charged with a DUI if they are found to be driving under the influence of the anti-anxiety herb kava?

SAN FRANCISCO: California prosecutors are cracking down on kava-drinking motorists who are driving under the intoxicating influence of the herbal tea. Following their first successful conviction in June, San Mateo County prosecutors have filed three other cases, after about a dozen motorists had been pulled over in recent years. Kava, while not considered as a drug by federal health officials, is classified by the US Food and Drug Administration as a nutritional supplement that can be used to relieve anxiety. Motorists under the influence of Kava had a 'thousand-yard stare', Feasel said. 'They're drooling on themselves sometimes, their motor function is so bad,' he added...

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