[The "Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicines" (DRUID) project of the European Commission].
The DRUID project has as its aim to make a wide-reaching attempt, by using a uniform study design, to close the gap that still exists in our knowledge about traffic safety in relation to the use of psychoactive drugs and to formulate recommendations for both official policies and practical measures. Included will also be proposals for classifying drugs and to provide paradigms for informative brochures for doctors, patients, the public at large and certain special target groups (e.g. juvenile drug takers). The knowledge that is gained will provide the basis for uniform Europe-wide regulations. The material that will be developed is to help both clinicians and medical practitioners in their treatment of and advice to patients.
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Bundesanstalt für Strassenwesen (BASt), Bergisch Gladbach. albrecht@bast.de
D000056:Accident Prevention / Q000379:methods; D000063:Accidents, Traffic / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000437:Alcoholism; D001334:Automobile Driving; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012449:Safety; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders
D011619:Psychotropic Drugs