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Alcohol and drug use by Spanish drivers: Comparison of two cross-sectional road-side surveys (2008–9/2013)
Fierro Lorenzo, María Inmaculada
González Luque, Juan Carlos
Seguí Gómez, María
Álvarez González, Francisco Javier
Automóviles - Conducción en estado de embriaguez
Producción Científica
Driving under the influence of substances (DUI) other than
alcohol has been the subject of increasing interest over the past few
decades (Schulze et al., 2012). As with alcohol, research has shown
that drug intake increases the risk of road traffic accidents (Elvik,
2013; Schulze et al., 2012; Verstraete & Legrand, 2014). Intervention
in this area is a priority. A key factor for deterring DUI is to
convince drug-using drivers that the risk of detection is high
(Jones, Donnelly, Swift, & Weatherburn, 2006; Watling, Palk,
Freeman, & Davey, 2010) thus, adequate law enforcement, and the
continuity of roadside testing for drug use among drivers, play an
important role (Shepherd, 2001; Watson & Freeman, 2007).
For the European Project DRUID (Driving under the Influence
of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines; http://www.druid-project.eu),
roadside surveys were conducted in 13 European countries and
results showed large differences in the prevalence of alcohol and
drug intake by country (Schulze et al., 2012). The highest
prevalence was found in Southern Europe (Italy, Spain and
Portugal). In Spain, avoiding driving after alcohol or drug use
has been recognized as crucial to improving road safety. Five
years after the DRUID project, a new roadside survey was
conducted following a similar methodology in order to study
whether the use of alcohol and drugs among Spanish drivers had
changed.
2016-01-13
2016-01-13
2015
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
International Journal of Drug Policy 26 (2015) n. 8. 794–797
0955-3959
http://uvadoc.uva.es/handle/10324/15248
10.1016/j.drugpo.2015.04.021
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International Journal of Drug Policy
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