Given his medical history, he should not even have been drinking, much less adding Ambien to the mixture. He is certainly intelligent enough to be held responsible for his actions and the consequences. This case is comparable to a drug addict or alcoholic voluntarily imbibing and then committing harmful acts while in a blackout. He voluntarily ingested the causative agent and is therefore responsible for
results.
Given his medical history, he should not even have been drinking, much less adding Ambien to the mixture. He is certainly intelligent enough to be held responsible for his actions and the consequences. This case is comparable to a drug addict or alcoholic voluntarily imbibing and then committing harmful acts while in a blackout. He voluntarily ingested the causative agent and is therefore responsible for
results.