title: [Driving capacity of drug addicts].
abstract: When deciding whether a person is fit to drive a vehicle whilst he is in a drug-induced delirious state of mind, we take into consideration the actual condition of the person at the time of driving a vehicle. As a rule, the mere presence of drugs in the urine or serum does not give a positive clue as to the ability to drive a vehicle. Here one has to take into consideration the effects of the respective drug consumed has at whole. In cases of chronic drug abuse or drug-dependence as well as dependence on methadone-substitutes we have two possibilities to judge by: Either we follow the guidelines of the report by the Federal Government on "Illness and Driving", in which case drug-dependence excludes driving on the whole or we orientate ourselves here again by the actual performance of the person at the time of driving, in which case many drug users would be declared fit and able to drive. However as far as the legal aspect of it goes, it would be contradictory to the law as regards to drinking and driving. Naturally the law wil decide in the end which of the two methods are legally applicable.
authors.affiliation: Psychiatrischen Klinik Bürgerhospitals der Landeshauptstadt Stuttgart.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Täschner
mesh_terms: D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs
vernacular_title: Fahrtüchtigkeit bei Drogenkonsumenten.