VISUAL DISTURBANCES EXPERIENCED BY HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG ABUSERS WHILE DRIVING

THIS PAPER REPORTS THREE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EPISODES OF VISUAL DISTURBANCES THAT OCCURRED IN HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG USERS WHILE DRIVING. EACH DRIVER ACTED ON HIS PERCEPTIONS, AND ONLY AFTER HE HAD CHANGED THE COURSE OF HIS AUTOMOBILE DID HE REALIZE THAT WHAT HE HAD SEEN WAS UNREAL. EACH PERSON WAS CERTAIN HE WAS IN AN UNDRUGGED CONDITION AT THE TIME. THE AUTHOR CONCLUDES THAT THE USE OF HALLUCINOGENS MAY BE INTRODUCEING A NEW DRIVING HAZARD THROUGH THEIR ABILITY TO CAUSE VISUAL DISTURBANCES AND SPONTANEOUS RECURRANCES OF ACUTE EFFECTS. /SRIS/

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 127, No 5, PP 683-686, REFS
• Corporate Authors:

  American Psychiatric Association

  1700 18th Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20009
• Authors:
  • Woody, G E
• Publication Date: 1970-11

Media Info

• Serial:
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Volume: 127
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Psychiatric Association
  • ISSN: 0002-953X

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Perception; Traffic safety; Visual perception
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00223733
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 10 1972 12:00AM