Recidivism among drunken and drugged drivers in Norway.

Concentrations of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin in dialysed plasma from drunken drivers.

Serum carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) has previously been found to be a sensitive and specific biological marker of excessive alcohol consumption. In order to study the prevalence of excessive drinking among arrested drunken drivers, CDT was measured in plasma samples from 50 drunken drivers after dialysis against 0.9% NaCl. 60% of the drivers had elevated CDT. When data on CDT from ot...

Substance use and social, health and safety-related factors among fatally injured drivers.

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to examine different socio-demographic, health and safety-related factors, and psychoactive substance use among fatally injured drivers in road traffic accidents in Finland during 2006-2008. METHODS An accident information register maintained by the Traffic Safety Committee of Insurance Companies (VALT) of the Finnish Motor Insurers' Centre was used as basi...

Substance-related traffic-risk behaviors among college students.

AIMS Drunk driving is a major public health concern, but drugged driving has received little attention. This study examines drugged driving and riding with a drugged driver in a college student sample, in terms of prevalence, age-related trends, race/sex differences, overlap with drunk driving, and risk for alcohol and marijuana dependence. METHODS Students (N=1194) ages 19-22 were interviewe...

Methadone Detections in Blood Samples from Apprehended Drugged Drivers

Norwegian patients in methadone assisted treatment programs (MATP) are allowed to drive after at least 6 months on an unchanged daily dose. The number of patients in MATP has increased more than ten fold since 1997. By using the nationwide database of the National Institute of Forensic Toxicology on blood concentrations measured in suspected drugged drivers during 1997-2001, all methadone posit...

Title Prevalence of drugged drivers among non-fatal driver casualties presenting to a trauma centre in Hong Kong