Delays in DUI blood testing: Impact on cannabis DUI assessments

Traffic Injury Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 105-108

  Wood, Ed ^a   Brooks Russell, Ashley ^b   Drum, Phillip ^c  

^a DUID Victim Voices   (United States)

^b Global Health and Health Disparities   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

driving under the influence of drugs (DUID); marijuana impaired driving; vehicular homicide

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; DRONABINOL;

BLOOD; CANNABIS SMOKING; CAR DRIVING; COLORADO; DRUNKEN DRIVING; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TIME FACTOR; WASHINGTON;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLORADO; DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE; DRONABINOL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; MARIJUANA SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TIME FACTORS; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84957440382     PISSN: 15389588     EISSN: 1538957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15389588.2015.1052421     Document Type: Article

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