About 70 percent of those who engage in simultaneous alcohol and marijuana use reported simultaneous use at least weekly A new study from Penn State found that compared to people who only drank alcohol, those who used alcohol and marijuana simultaneously were more likely to drink heavier and more often. They were also more likely
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The NRMA-owned Manly Fast Ferry has confirmed it stood some deckhands down after they tested “non-negative” for illicit drugs on Monday, as revealed by the Herald’s CBD column on Friday. With fewer staff available, the NRMA said it had been forced to reduce the frequency of some of its tourist services that travel between stops including Taronga Zoo and
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The Icelandic parliament Althingi unanimously approved new traffic laws. Decreases in blood alcohol levels are among the adopted changes. The maximum permissible amount of blood alcohol concentration in a driver will be reduced from .05 to .02 BAC. It is stated that there is a definite policy of the authorities that alcohol and driving motor
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THE licences of hundreds of boozy motorists have been suspended in the first eight months of the nation’s toughest drink-driving laws. An average of four Victorian drivers a day were caught with a blood alcohol reading between .05 and .069 in May to December last year, costing them their licence for at least three months.
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Roads Minister Andrew Constance says NSW is taking a “zero-tolerance” approach to drink and drug-driving. Anyone in NSW found drink-driving will immediately lose their licence for three months from May 20. Anyone caught drink-driving in NSW can now lose their licence immediately under a tough new penalty regime that will also see offenders fined almost
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On 30 April 2018 the Victorian Government has cracked down on drink and drug driving by introducing tougher sentences for anyone convicted of a drink or drug driving offence. The relevant legislation contains mandatory minimum penalties which increase in severity depending on how far over the limit a driver is. The police can lay charges
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Important Date – Important Event – Important Petition: Making History. This year we celebrate the 30th anniversary of success of this campaign. These efforts along with other People Against Drink/Drug Driving (P.A.D.D.) advocacy was the key to ushering in Random Breath Testing! Congratulations again, to P.A.D.D and their hardworking supporters for this job, well done! View Original
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Alcohol takes a rapid toll on the brain, as most of us know, and caution is well warranted about what we choose to do while under its influence. What isn’t so well known is the hit our brains take much later, after the booze has left the system. The latest research on the topic was a meta-analysis of several
Cannabis is now the most frequently detected illicit drug in drivers involved in motor vehicle crashes. Experimental research and epidemiological data have demonstrated psychomotor impairment associated with THC intoxication and quantified impairment with heightened risk of motor vehicle fatalities. Experimental laboratory studies have repeatedly demonstrated that the primary component of cannabis, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), impairs psychomotor
