The Need for Drugged Driving Per Se Laws: A Commentary

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-42

  DuPont, Robert L ^a   Voas, Robert B ^b   Walsh, J Michael ^c   Shea, Corinne ^a   Talpins, Stephen K ^d   Neil, Mark M ^e  

^a Institute for Behavior and Health Inc   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c The Walsh Group   (United States)

^d National Partnership on Alcohol Misuse and Crime (NPAMC)   (United States)

^e National District Attorneys Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drink driving; Drugged driving; Drugs; Drunk driving; DUI; DUID; DWI; Per se

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADDICTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ETHANOL; HUMANS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857150113     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2011.632658     Document Type: Review

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