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Drugs and Driving is a compendium of papers from a symposium of the same title presented at the U.S. Transportation Research Board. This collection reviews the effects of five classes of drugs on driving (amphetamines, tranquilizers, barbiturates, narcotics, cannabis), the other studies being made on drugs and driving, as well as some countermeasure programs against drunk driving. The papers report that amphetamines can induce risky driving behavior, tranquilizers can increase traffic accident risks, barbiturates can degrade driving skills especially when the drug is combined with alcohol, whi.
Front Cover; Drugs and Driving; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; CHAPTER 1. DRUGS AND DRIVING; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2. INFLUENCE OF NARCOTIC DRUGS ON HIGHWAY SAFETY!; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3. AMPHETAMINES AND DRIVING BEHAVIOR; BACKGROUND; LABORATORY FINDINGS; AMPHETAMINE ABUSERS; AMPHETAMINES AND ALCOHOL; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4. TRANQUILIZERS AND DRIVING; LABORATORY STUDIES; COMBINED EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND TRANQUILIZERS; COUNTERMEASURES TO DIMINISH THE TRAFFIC RISKS CAUSED BY TRANQUILIZERS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5. MARIHUANA AND DRIVING; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 6. BARBITURATES AND DRIVING.
Chapter 11. a critique of the paper ""statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of alcohol safety action""introduction; a. completeness of study; b. sensitivity of study; c. selection of comparison areas; d. intrepretation of results; references; appendix 1; appendix 2; appendix 3; appendix 4; forthcoming event.
Referenceschapter 7. drug use and driving risk among high school students; method; results; discussion; references; chapter 8. traffic accident rates among Finnish out-patients; introduction; material and methods; results; references; chapter 9. marihuana: effects on simulated driving performance; method; discussion; references; chapter 10. statistical evaluation of the effectiveness of ""alcohol safety action projects""; 1. introduction; 2. methodology; 3. results; 4. discussion; references; appendix a; appendix b; appendix c
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