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Can You Fail a Breathalyzer with Buckley’s Cough Mixture?

It tastes awful and it works but Can You Fail It? That is can you fail a breathalyzer with Buckley’s cough mixture?

When we say, “fail” what we mean is give a false reading on a breathalyzer. Even if a product is non-alcoholic, can it still fool an approved screening device into thinking there’s alcohol?

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Battered Woman Syndrome: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!

Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses battered woman syndrome.

Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Seventy-Nine

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, a suspected criminal cannot escape the long paw of the law, police investigate after a baby is put up for sale on Craigslist and a mystery shitter terrorizes Toronto.

Follow the jump to read some of the weirdest and wackiest cases in the history of this week. …

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Disclosing Absolute Discharges: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!

Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses disclosing absolute discharges.

Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Seventy-Eight

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we head back to Popeye’s Restaurant, where we just can’t seem to find enough weird human and criminal behaviour. Then, we look at a custody case that does not involve a child, but does involve a prolonged battle, an alleged kidnapping, and an offer to buy out the other’s interest. Finally, we look at how 30-50 feral hogs may have ripped off a local drug dealer.

Follow the jump to read more of this week’s weird and wacky legal cases from around the globe. …

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Can You Fail a Breathalyzer with Peanuts?

We conducted an experiment to find out if you can fail a breathalyzer after eating peanuts. Peanuts are a popular bar snack, but is eating them on their own enough to set off a breathalyzer? We received a request to test peanuts, so we got a pack of Planters cocktail peanuts.

The pack did not list alcohol as an ingredient. However, is there something about peanuts that can lead you to fail a breathalyzer with peanuts?
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Sentencing Aboriginal Youth Offenders: Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t!

Welcome to Cases That Should Have Gone to the Supreme Court of Canada, But Didn’t! This week, lawyer Kyla Lee discusses sentencing aboriginal youth offenders.

Acumen Law Corporation lawyer Kyla Lee gives her take on a made-in-Canada court case each week and discusses why these cases should have been heard by Canada’s highest court: the Supreme Court of Canada.

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Weird and Wacky Wednesdays: Volume Seventy-Seven

This week on Weird and Wacky Wednesdays, we look at three strange cases from around the United States.

First, we look at one of the more… creative arguments advanced in appealing a life sentence. Then, we examine just how far one man will go to get a chicken sandwich. Spoiler alert: this plan has now backfired horribly. And finally, we make an all-important stop in Florida to examine a speeding ticket defence that I certainly have never heard before. …

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