Seminar Speaker - Professor Neil McKegeney
Recreational Drugs and Driving
Joanne Neale Neil McKeganey Gordon Hay and John Oliver
Centre for Drug Misuse Research
University of Glasgow
October 2000
Introduction
The behaviour of individuals who drive whilst under the influence of illegal drugs is now a major concern in many countries. This has generated a large amount of epidemiological and experimental research examining various aspects of drug-driving behaviour. In particular, researchers have examined the prevalence of drug-influenced driving (Alvarez et al., 1992; Delrio and Alvarez, 1995); evaluated the impact of drugs on driving performance (Rafaelsen et al., 1973; Smiley et al., 1981; Brookhuis, 1998); and investigated the role of drug use in road traffic accidents (Hansen et al., 1996: Logan and Schwilke, 1996; Athanaselis et al., 1999).
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