DRUGS OF ABUSE FOUND IN FATALLY INJURED DRIVERS IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY

Blood or urine specimens from nearly 600 fatally injured drivers in two Los Angeles County studies were analyzed for the presence of alcohol and other drugs of abuse, including PCP, cocaine, opiates and marijuana. The results of the preliminary study indicate that 65 out of 102 fatally injured drivers had used alcohol and/or another drug of abuse - 34 had used alcohol only, 12 had used one or more other drugs of abuse, and 19 had used alcohol in combination with another drug of abuse. The results of the larger follow-up study, begun a year later, indicate a continued high level of both alcohol use (41.5%) and marijuana use (19%) with moderate cocaine usage (8%) and low levels (less than 2%) of barbiturate and PCP usage.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Elsevier Scientific Publishers Ireland Limited

  P.O. Box 85
  Limerick,   Ireland 
• Authors:
  • Budd, R D
  • Muto, J J
  • Wong, J K
• Publication Date: 1989

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 153-158
• Serial:
  • Drug and Alcohol Dependence
  • Volume: 23
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0376-8716
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/03768716

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcoholic beverages; Barbiturates; Blood analysis; Cocaine; Drugs; Fatalities; Marijuana; Traffic crashes; Urine
• Old TRIS Terms: Blood tests
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00490964
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 28 1990 12:00AM