Alcohol and drug consumption among motor vehicle drivers in the Brittany region of France: A 9-year cross-sectional population study.

ABSTRACT: The primary objective of the present study was to evaluate the frequency of positive tests for alcohol and drugs during roadside testing or after road accidents among drivers in the Brittany region of France. The study's secondary objective was to describe the blood concentrations of the substances found during these tests, in order to provide a scientific basis for the establishment or modification of legislative threshold values for road injuries prevention. We performed a cross-sectional study of a database compiled by Rennes University Hospital's toxicology laboratory in the Brittany region of France between 2010 and 2018. Driver's age, sex, and test status (positive or negative), and blood levels of ethanol, 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), methylene dioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), amphetam

SUBMITTER: Le Dare B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8227838 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature