Drinking and driving continue to be a serious problem, but it has been eclipsed by drugging and driving – such is the power of ‘education’. Education against drink driving and education for ‘normalising’ drug use. View PDF
Alcohol and driving—How bad is the combination? A meta-analysis Read More »
Acusensus, best known for its mobile phone detection cameras, is developing cameras that can detect drug and alcohol-affected drivers. It says it plans to roll these out in Australia and overseas. The Melbourne company is working with the Federal Office of Road Safety and Griffith University to develop AI-based technology that will measure the driver’s
Cannabis & Driving – Research continues to Affirm the Risks & Dangers of THC (Cannabis) Use and Driving (Labelling it ‘Medicinal’ doesn’t reduce risks) The effects of cannabis and alcohol on driving performance and driver behaviour: a systematic review and meta-analysisConclusions: This meta-analysis indicates that cannabis, like alcohol, impairs driving, andthe combination of the two drugs is
‘A Seven Fold Increase in DUID’ (Driving Under Influence of Drugs) It is interesting to note that whilst there has a been a slight decline in Alcohol associated incidents, cannabis has ‘filled the gap’ with an increased involvement in impaired driving issues. What is concerning is that the extent of cannabis influence on driving harms is
Legalizing Cannabis and Impaired Driving – Canadian Report Read More »
Key Points Driving under the influence of cannabis has been identified as a public health concern as medical and recreational cannabis availability increases in some countries. A recent randomized clinical trial found similar levels of acute driving impairment with THC-dominant cannabis and with a combination of THC-CBD equivalent cannabis using on-road driving tests that provided
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Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 83(4), 494–501 (2022). Abstract Objective: The objective of this study was to estimate the effects of marijuana legalization and the subsequent onset of retail sales on injury and fatal traffic crash rates in the United States during the period 2009–2019. Method: State-by-state quarterly crash rates per mile of travel
Alcohol interlocks significantly reduce drink driving while interlocks are active and (to a modest extent) following their removal. For more research click here
Driver who killed 5 in crash had ‘second largest level’ of marijuana seen by medical examiner in living specimen: report TheBloods gang member who killed five when he slammed into a family’s car on a New York highway last year had the second-highest level of marijuana one medical examiner ever witnessed in a living specimen, prosecutors
By Isaac Teo, August 3, 2022 (We do not want this is Australia! However, it will be an inevitability if we continue to give cannabis a free pass, specifically in the ‘medicinal’ context.) Cases of drug-impaired driving continued to rise for the fourth consecutive year since the Liberal government legalized marijuana in October 2018, according to police data collated by
Cases of Drug-Impaired Driving up for Fourth Straight Year: Statistics Canada Read More »
With the effect of cannabis on some of the parameters being studied for the first time in this study, the researchers discovered that cannabis had a detrimental effect on all of the visual parameters they assessed. Another study that investigated the effects of smoking cannabis on vision and driving performance also found that the visual effects
Cannabis use altering key functions like three-dimensional vision Read More »
