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Project studies the effects of drugs and alcohol on traffic safety

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Category: Research & Development | Tags: drugs alcohol

The EU-funded project DRUID (Driving under the Influence of Drugs, Alcohol and Medicine) project is tackling the question of what impact psychoactive substances have on traffic safety. In order to gather reliable information in this area, where knowledge is still limited according to the project partners, the University of Ghent, Belgium, has started collecting blood and saliva samples from drivers involved in accidents, as well as drivers stopped for random checks.

Ultimately the Belgian researchers want to collect 4,000 samples in different parts of the country and at different times of the day, explained Professor Dr Alain Verstraete of the University of Ghent, in a CORDIS News interview. The same will be done by project partners in some of the other countries involved. This will show whether there is a difference between EU Member States.
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