Addiction Medicine
Reports from University Hospital advance knowledge in addiction medicine
Published in Law and Health Weekly, August 11th, 2007
New investigation results, "Age- and gender-related differences in blood amphetamine concentrations in apprehended drivers: lack of association with clinical evidence of impairment," are detailed in a study published in Addiction. "New legislation aimed at combating driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) in Sweden stipulated zero-concentrations in blood for scheduled substances. DUID suspects (n=300), with amphetamine as the only psychoactive drug identified in blood, were investigated in relation to age and gender," researchers in Sweden report.
"In a smaller retrospective sample (n=70) the relationship between clinical tests of impairment were compared...
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