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The incidence of drugs in drivers killed in Australian road traffic crashes
Olaf H. Drummer,Jim Gerostamoulos,Helen P Batziris,Mark Chu,John R. M. Caplehorn,Michael D. Robertson,Philip Swann +6 more
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The incidence of alcohol and drugs in fatally injured drivers were determined in three Australian states; Victoria, New South Wales and WA for the period of 1990-1999 and the prevalence of drugs increased over the decade, particularly cannabis and opioids, while alcohol decreased.About:
This article is published in Forensic Science International.The article was published on 2003-07-08. It has received 284 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Poison control.read more
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Dose related risk of motor vehicle crashes after cannabis use
TL;DR: Combined use of THC and alcohol produced severe impairment of cognitive, psychomotor, and actual driving performance in experimental studies and sharply increased the crash risk in epidemiological analyses, suggesting that recent use of cannabis may increase crash risk, whereas past use of Cannabis does not.
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The involvement of drugs in drivers of motor vehicles killed in australian road traffic crashes
Olaf H. Drummer,Jim Gerostamoulos,Helen P Batziris,M-L Chu,John R. M. Caplehorn,Michael D. Robertson,Philip Swann +6 more
TL;DR: There were non-significant, weakly positive associations of opiates and benzodiazepines with culpability, and drivers showing the highest culpability rates were in the under 25 and over 65 age groups.
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Cannabis intoxication and fatal road crashes in France: population based case-control study
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Effects of Cannabis on Neurocognitive Functioning: Recent Advances, Neurodevelopmental Influences, and Sex Differences
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Drugs and driving.
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The involvement of drugs in drivers of motor vehicles killed in australian road traffic crashes
Olaf H. Drummer,Jim Gerostamoulos,Helen P Batziris,M-L Chu,John R. M. Caplehorn,Michael D. Robertson,Philip Swann +6 more
TL;DR: There were non-significant, weakly positive associations of opiates and benzodiazepines with culpability, and drivers showing the highest culpability rates were in the under 25 and over 65 age groups.
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