Effects of Psychoactive Drugs on Car Driving Performance: Drugs in Crash-Involved Drivers

Starmer, G. A.; Cairns, David; Mascord, D J; Perl, J; Tattam, Bruce N.; Vine, John; Watson, Terry

doi:10.1097/00002826-199201001-00310

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“…When active THC levels were > 2 ng/mL, or when THC was found with other drugs, culpability began to rise above the control group but Longo suggested that 'very few people affected in this way drive a vehicle'. This author and others 6,41 do not share Longo's faith in human responsibility.…”

Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 81%

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Cannabis and driving: A new perspective

O'Kane

Tutt

Bauer

2002

Emerg Med Australas

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Cannabis and driving is an emerging injury-prevention concern. The incidence of driving while affected by cannabis is rising in parallel with increased cannabis use in the community. Younger drivers are at particular risk. Improvements in research methodology, technology and laboratory testing methods have occurred in the last 10 years. These cast doubt on earlier results and conclusions. Studies now show that cannabis has a significant impairing effect on driving when used alone and that this effect is exaggerated when combined with alcohol. Of particular concern is the presence of cannabis as the sole psychoactive drug in an increasing number of road fatalities and the lack of any structural response to this problem. A review of testing methods, laboratory and real driving studies, and recent epidemiological studies is presented. Suggestions for methods of further data collection and future public policy are made.

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Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 81%

“…This was a lower number of drivers than found in an earlier study. 41 Again, this group of drivers was deemed less culpable but, due to low numbers, 'results failed to reach statistical significance'. An average of 2.7 h elapsed between the time of the accident and the time when blood was collected.…”

Section: Epidemiological Studiesmentioning

confidence: 95%

Cannabis and driving: A new perspective

O'Kane

Tutt

Bauer

2002

Emerg Med Australas

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“…An early Australian study using oral fluid specimens found stimulants in 29% of the 318 truck drivers, compared with 7% of bus drivers and 3% of general drivers. Methamphetamine was present in 5% of truck drivers [17].…”

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Drugs in oral fluid in randomly selected drivers

Drummer

Gerostamoulos

Chu

et al. 2007

Forensic Science International

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“…However, a wide range of drugs can be tested for with great accuracy using capillary column gas chromatography in combination with a Finnigan/Mat TSQ-46 triple stage quadrupole mass spectrometer (Starmer et al, 1992), which was the method employed in this study. Drug identification was based on computer matching with a reference library of the daughter ion spectra of 159 target drugs and metabolites.…”

Section: Analysis Of Blood Samples For Psychoactive Substances Using mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We report a prospective study of patients presenting to an acute mental health admission unit that used standardized diagnostic methods, a structured interview for substance abuse, and a blood sample that tested for the presence of a wide range of illicit, prescribed, and over-the-counter Downloaded by [National Sun Yat-Sen University] at 06:21 05 January 2015 substances using gas chromatography mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (GCMS/MS; Gold & Dackis, 1986;Starmer et al, 1992).…”

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