Drugs and driving

DrugInfo newsletter, volume 8, number 3, March 2010

This issue of DrugInfo focuses on raising awareness of the impact alcohol and other drugs can have on the ability to drive safely. It examines education campaigns, research into the effects of drugs on driving, and the licence restoration process after offending.

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Contents

Increasing awareness of the dangers of drug driving
Samantha Cockfield, Manager, Road Safety, Transport Accident Commission (TAC), Victoria
 

Drugs and driving: the challenges for the future
Guest editorial by Professor Philip Swann, Executive Board Member, International Council of Alcohol Drugs and Traffic Safety (ICADTS) and Senior Executive Officer, VicRoads, Victoria.

The drugs and driving project: examining the effects of alcohol and other drugs on vehicle collisions
Carla Morris, Custodial Medicine Unit, Operations Coordination Department, Victoria Police, Victoria

Dealing with drink and drug drivers: need for change?
John Quiroga, Senior Education & Training Officer, Moreland Hall, Victoria

How the Victorian Association of Drink & Drug Driver Services supports drink and drug driver agencies
Sue Stanley, Executive Officer, Victorian Association of Drink & Drug Driver Services, Victoria

Identifying best practice to deter drug driving
Dr Katherine Owens, Director, Road Safety Unit, Ipsos-Eureka Social Research Institute, Victoria

Determining the effects of high doses of cannabis on driving ability
Rebecca King, Drugs and Driving Research Unit, Brain Sciences Institute, Swinburne University, Melbourne, Victoria