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. 2003 Mar 4;168(5):565-6.

Drinking, cannabis use and driving among Ontario students

Edward M Adlaf  1 , Robert E Mann, Angela Paglia
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Drinking, cannabis use and driving among Ontario students

Edward M Adlaf et al. CMAJ. .

Abstract

Little is known about the risk of injury among adolescents who drive after the use of alcohol or cannabis or ride in cars driven by drunk drivers. We examined data from self-administered interviews with 1846 students in grades 7 to 13 who participated in the 2001 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey about their experiences related to alcohol, cannabis and driving during the 12 months preceding the survey. In all, 31.9% of the students reported being a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver; of the students in grades 10 to 13 who had a driver's licence, 15.1% reported driving within an hour after consuming 2 or more drinks, and 19.7% reported driving within an hour after using cannabis. Our study shows that a sizeable proportion of adolescents are exposed to alcohol- and drug-related driving risks.

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