Data on 1562 methadone maintenance patients in New York State were gathered through face-to-face interviews. A control group of 1059 people was constructed by asking the experimentals to volunteer names of non-addicted friends. State driver records for 718 experimentals and 579 controls were obtained and analyzed. In general, experimental subjects were no worse drivers than the controls for the entire period covered by the driver records. This was so despite the fact that experimentals estimated their mileage to be at or above the national average throughout their abuse of non-narcotic and narcotic drugs and during their methadone treatment. It was also found that drug abusers who drive are likely to drive immediately after using drugs. /Abstract from report summary page/
Drugged driving, i.e., driving under the influence of drugs, is considered a rising public health issue in the US and the rest of the world, yet due t...
A panel of international experts on drug-impaired driving met in Seattle during August 2000 to review developments in the field of drugs and human per...
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