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Ms. Toad

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14. You might want to check out the side effects of ambien.
Wed May 30, 2018, 01:45 AM
May 2018

I'm not saying it is anything more than an excuse in her case - her earlier awareness would suggest she was not in an ambien black-out. But ambien - is known to cause sleep-driving, sleep-sexing, sleep-walking). It is relatively well-accepted as a criminal defense (unlike the "I was drunk" defense)

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/15/ambien-side-effect-sleepwalking-sleep-aid_n_4589743.html

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