GA 16-3-4 - GA 16-3-4

Drug Addiction Drug addiction presents no defense unless it results in involuntary intoxication. Goldsmith v. State, 148 Ga. App. 786 , 252 S.E.2d 657 (1979). Intoxication from drug is no defense to crime. - See Cribb v. State, 118 Ga. 316 , 45 S.E. 396 (1903); Strickland v. State, 137 Ga. 115 , 72 S.E. 977 (1911). Drug addiction is not involuntary. - McLaughlin v. State, 236 Ga. 577 , 224 S.E.2d 412 (1976). Chronic drug abuse, like chronic alcoholism, is not involuntary under the law. Mitchell v. State, 187 Ga. App. 40 , 369 S.E.2d 487 , cert. denied, 187 Ga. App. 908 , 369 S.E.2d 487 (1988). When a defendant relies upon involuntary intoxication because of mandatory medication as a defense to criminal prosecution, the defendant bears the burden of showing by a preponderance of the evidenc...