INVESTIGATIONS OF URINE AND BLOOD BEFORE REGRANTING DRIVING LICENCES TO CONSUMERS OF CANNABIS

Cannabis users take an exceptional part of drug consumers because the aptitude for driving motor vehicles is considered to be impaired only if habitual consumption is to be assumed. Urine is a useful material for drug testing. But urine samples can be manipulated not only by drinking high amounts of water. If information about the frequency of consumption is necessary, blood should be analyzed because the concentration of the THC-metabolite in urine depends not only on the concentration in blood and the creatinine content but also on other factors. For the covering abstract see ITRD E106992.

• Record URL:
  http://www.icadtsinternational.com/documents/?category=15th_T2000_Stockholm
• Corporate Authors:

  Swedish Road Administration

  Borlange,   Sweden  SE-781 87
• Authors:
  • KAFERSTEIN, H
  • STICHT, G
• Conference:
  • PROCEEDINGS OF T2000 - 15TH CONFERENCE ON ALCOHOL, DRUGS AND TRAFFIC SAFETY
  • Location: Stockholm , Sweden
  • Date: 2000-5-22 to 2000-5-26
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Blood; Drivers; Driving; Drugs; Test procedures; Urine
• ITRD Terms: 2036: Blood; 1772: Driver; 1855: Driving (veh); 2242: Drugs; 6288: Test method; 2025: Urine
• Subject Areas: Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00802865
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Dec 8 2000 12:00AM