Dangerous Drugs

Prevalence of drugs and alcohol in fatal civil aviation accidents between 1994 and 1998.

BACKGROUND The use of drugs and alcohol in aviation is closely monitored by the FAA Office of Aviation Medicine's (OAM's) Civil Aeromedical Institute (CAMI) through the toxicological analysis of specimens from pilots who have died in aviation accidents. METHOD Frozen specimens received from local pathologists were tested and the results entered into a computer database for future analysis. Th...

Teens and prescription drugs: a potentially dangerous combination.

Drug attitudes and discrimination between drugs among a group of English schoolchildren.

This study investigates the attitudes of a group of 185 London schoolchildren towards a number of legal and illegal drugs, and examines the ways in which they discriminate between these drugs. Heroin and LSD were seen as the most dangerous drugs, and alcohol and cigarettes as the safest. Subjects who had a negative attitude towards drugs in general regarded cannabis, amphetamines, alcohol and t...

Benzodiazepine prescribing trend after its inclusion as a dangerous drug under the Hong Kong Dangerous Drugs Ordinance.

Since January 1992, all benzodiazepines have been classified as dangerous drugs under the Dangerous Drugs Ordinance in Hong Kong. This legislative provision requires medical practitioners and pharmacists to keep a detailed record of their prescriptions of benzodiazepines The present study looks at the impact of the provision on prescribing trends in the Hong Kong population and in a general psy...

Hospitals and Dangerous Drugs