Detecting impairment associated with cannabis with and without alcohol on the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 224, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 581-589

  Downey, Luke A ^a   King, Rebecca ^a   Papafotiou, Katherine ^a   Swann, Phillip ^b   Ogden, Edward ^c   Boorman, Martin ^c   Stough, Con ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b VicRoads   (Australia)

^c Victoria Police   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alcohol; 9 tetrahydrocannabinol; Cannabis; Driving; Illicit; RCT; SFST; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRONABINOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; DRUG INTOXICATION; FEMALE; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLEX; STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 84871609807     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2787-9     Document Type: Article

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