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Drugged Driving
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) studies estimate that approximately 18 percent of all fatally injured drivers tested positive for some sort of drugs in 2009. (drugs were found in the driver’s system.)
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Both the proportion of fatally injured drivers tested for drug involvement-- and the proportion of these drivers testing positive for drugs generally—has increased over a 5-year time period shown. (2004-2009)
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In the 2007 National Roadside Survey of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers study—the combined results of oral fluid and blood tests showed that 16.3% of nighttime, weekend drivers were drug-positive.
NCSL Publications
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New! Traffic Safety Trends: State Legislative Action 2012, February 2013, by Anne Teigen and Douglas Shinkle.
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Too High to Drive, State Legislatures, May 2012, by Anne Teigen
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Drugged Driving, LegisBrief, March 2012, by Anne Teigen.
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Traffic Safety and Public Health: State Legislative Action, 2011, No. 36, February 2012, by Anne Teigen and Douglas Shinkle.
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