Drink driving in Australia is declining thanks to the right mix of laws, visibility and social messaging. Four strategies could make a difference with drug driving.
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Police will soon be able to orally test drivers for four drugs. But impairment from prescription medications is far more common and remains largely self-policed.
Our results suggest police location groups and pages on Facebook are helping drivers avoid detection for drug driving - with potentially fatal consequences.
Baby boomers have shown the fastest rise in rates of alcohol and drug misuse in the last 15 years.
Wider societal issues are driving road user behaviour, which cannot be fixed by taking a traditional road safety approach.
Researchers have created a new kind of ‘drugalyser’ that’s less likely to give false positive readings.
With legislation for medicinal cannabis having been passed by the federal parliament, what do we do now about drug-driving laws?
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Lecturer in Chemistry, University of Surrey
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Campus Visitor at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University
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Emeritus Consultant, St Vincent's Hospital, Darlinghurst
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Research Fellow, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Senior Research Fellow in Human Factors & Sociotechnical Systems, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Human Factors, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Visiting Clinical Research Fellow in older people's substance use and mental health, King's College London
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Senior Research Fellow in Road Safety Research, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Professor, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Psychology, Director of the Christchurch Health and Development Study, University of Otago
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Associate Professor and Principal Fellow in Urban Risk and Resilience, The University of Melbourne