The husband of Diane Schuler, the woman who killed herself, her daughter, three of her niece, and three more innocent people in another vehicle she hit while going the wrong way down the Taconic State Parkway, has held a press conference. Earlier this week the toxicology reports on Mrs. Schuler were released, indicating that not only was she drunk at the time of the crash, she also had significant marijuana traces in her body, too. Mr. Schuler is saying that his wife never touched alcohol, nor drugs, and the toxicology reports couldn't possibly be true.
On the one hand, he's suffering a terrible loss, and I do have a great deal of sympathy for him. On the other hand, this sort of denial is often the sort of behavior that alcoholics count on from their loved ones to allow them to continue their behaviors. Given the facts of the case, starting with the crash, and then the reports from the brother about the disoriented call he had with Mrs. Schuler prior to the crash, something was going on. Even diabetic ketosis is insufficient to generate THC traces, even if it might account for the BAC levels. At this point, Occam's Razor is going to cut towards the idea that Diane Schuler was an addict. And denying the possibility of that is just going to make things worse for her remaining family.
The Nile, it's not just a river in Egypt.