Marijuana, Other Drugs and Their Relation to Highway Safety: A Report to Congress [1980]

Details

• Alternative Title:
  A report to Congress : marijuana, other drugs and their relation to highway safety
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Marijuana
  • Drugged drivers
  • Drug use
  • Highway safety
  • Police traffic services
  • Safety programs
  • Laws
  • Impaired driving
  • Report to Congress
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT-HS-805-229-002 ; GPO-1980-0-318-937
• DOI:
  https://doi.org/10.21949/1525015
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Abstract:
  This report has been developed by the Department of Transportation in response to Section 212 of Title 11 of the Surface Transportation Act of 1978 (the Highway Safety Act of 1978). This section requires the Secretary of Transportation to report to Congress concerning efforts to detect and prevent marijuana and other drug use by motor vehicle operators. The full report is organized into five chapters: I. An introduction providing a brief history of the report, and a discussion of the similarities and differences between alcohol and drugs as they relate to highway safety; II. The frequency of drug use among drivers and its relation to highway safety; III. The legal approaches to the control of drug use by drivers; IV .Federal and State activity in the detection and prevention of inappropriate drug use by drivers; V. The Secretary's conclusions, recommendations and DOT programmatic actions.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/1236/dot_1236_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.71 MB]
• Collection(s):
  NHTSA - Behavioral Safety Research
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:408f519e49144c211245e2a28a9c28e3448f6f456b0cb1235fa3f88f2a4b4326