Commentary: Reducing cannabis-impaired driving: Is there sufficient evidence for drug testing of drivers?

Addiction

Volumn 102, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1918-1919

  Hall, Wayne ^a   Homel, Ross ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Drug impaired driving; Roadside drug testing

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CAR DRIVING; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DOSE RESPONSE; DRIVER; DRUG SCREENING; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NOTE; SALIVA ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; AUSTRALIA; DRUG MONITORING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; AUSTRALIA; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CANNABIS; DRUG MONITORING; HUMANS; MARIJUANA ABUSE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION;

EID: 36348930352     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2007.02042.x     Document Type: Note

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