Drug use, impaired driving and traffic accidents
By: prepared by Elke Raes, T. Van den Neste, A.G. Verstraete; EMCDDA project group, Dominique Lopez, Brendan Hughes, Paul Griffiths.
Contributors: Neste, T.Van den.; Verstraete, A.G.; Griffiths, Paul.; European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction.
Series: EMCDDA insights -- 8; EMCDDA insights series -- 8.
Publisher: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Luxembourg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9789291683185
Subjects: Drugged driving -- Europe; Drug abuse -- Europe; Traffic accidents -- Europe
Description: This literature review provides a comprehensive report on the relationship between drug use, impaired driving and traffic accidents. It covers methodological issues, presents results of prevalence surveys among drivers and provides an overview of findings from major international epidemiological surveys published since 1999. The report also gathers evidence from experimental and field studies of the relationship between drug use, driving impairment and traffic accidents.--Publisher's description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-196).

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Table of contents: title: Methodological issues in determining the relationship between drug consumption, impaired driving and traffic accidents; title: Prevalence of drugs in drivers; title: Effects and risks associated with drugs; title: Overall conclusion.