driving under the influence

The absence of data on driving under the influence of alcohol in road traffic studies: a scoping review of non-randomized studies with vote counting based on the direction of effects of alcohol policies

Scientific article

28 July 2023

Background Data concerning driving under the influence of alcohol (DUIA) are frequently characterised by their lack of availability, accuracy, or reliability. This inherent limitation poses challenges in the examination of the influence of...

Increase in driving after cocaine use in Spain: a cross-sectional dataset analysis for 2021

Scientific article

9 May 2023

Objective: Driving under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs impairs skills essential for safe driving, increases the risk of being involved in a traffic accident and is particularly prevalent in Spain. The aim is to assess the prevalence...

Road Traffic Injuries and Substance Use among Emergency Department Patients in the Dominican Republic and Peru

Scientific article

15 March 2021

Objective: To report demographic and substance use characteristics and risk of road traffic injury (RTI) from alcohol use, cannabis use, and combined use in a sample of emergency department patients from two countries in Latin America and...

Alcohol Policy Scoring

Book

28 December 2018

Assessing the level of implementation of the WHO Global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol in the Region of the Americas. Abstract [FOREWORD]. Monitoring progress is a key component whenever planning and committing to implement...

Using Behavioral Triage in Court-Supervised Treatment of DUI Offenders

Scientific article

1 July 2015

San Joaquin county in California has pointed the way forward to a system which conserves treatment resources yet achieves greater reductions in drink/drug-driving incidents. The first evaluation of systematically escalating offenders to...