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Traffic injury prevention

ISSN 1538-957X

2 papers in the library · publishing 2021-2023

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Use of psychoactive substances by goods carriage drivers associated with Kerala, India.

Traffic injury prevention 2023 M S Siva Prasad, C V Priyatha, Jayesh K Joseph et al.

This study aimed to measure the prevalence of drugs of abuse (DOA) among the goods carriage drivers associated with the southern State of India, Kerala. Point-of-collection testing (POCT) of oral fluid collected from the participants (n = 249) was done using the Evidence MultiSTAT DOA Oral Fluid II Assay kits and the Evidence MultiSTAT analyzer. Out of the total samples, 53 (21.29%) were...

Perceived effects of cannabis and changes in driving performance under the influence of cannabis.

Traffic injury prevention 2021 Thomas S Burt, Timothy L Brown, Rose Schmitt et al.

Reports indicate that cannabis users will adapt their driving to compensate for the perceived drug effects of cannabis. This analysis examined the relationship between driver perceptions of their state contrasted with objective measures of their performance while operating a motor vehicle. Data was collected from ten subjects in a study examining the effects of cannabis on driving performance....