Marijuana's impairing effects on driving are moderate when taken alone but severe when combined with alcohol

Human Psychopharmacology

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 2, 1998, Pages

  Robbe, H ^a,b  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MEDTRONIC BAKKEN RESEARCH CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabis; Driving performance; Impairment; Marijuana

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DECELERATION; DRIVING ABILITY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; POSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 0031762435     PISSN: 08856222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1077(1998110)13:2+3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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