Cannabis and alcohol in road traffic: an overview

M Marcinkova; L Straka; F. Novomesky

doi:10.2478/acm-2019-0010

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Cannabis and alcohol in road traffic: an overview

Acta Medica Martiniana

Volume 19 (2019): Issue 2 (August 2019)

By: M Marcinkova, L Straka and F. Novomesky

Open Access

|Jul 2019

Abstract

Traffic medicine is an important part within the scope of concerns of forensic medicine. We are dealing with consequences of traffic accidents – fatal or survived – but this problem overlaps the borders of our specialization. Sustained injuries are the focus of various fields of medicine and in combination with alcohol and illicit drugs abuse this issue is growing. The following review has an ambition to bring more light into the problem concerning the effect of alcohol and cannabis (which is the most common illicit drug used worldwide) on driving abilities.

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