Per se drugged driving laws and traffic fatalities

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The Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) recently announced a goal of reducing drugged driving by 10 percent within three years. In an effort to achieve this goal, ONDCP is encouraging all states to adopt per se drugged driving laws, which make it illegal to operate a motor vehicle with a controlled substance in the system. To date, 16 states have passed per se drugged driving laws, yet little is known about their effectiveness. The current study examines the relationship between these laws and traffic fatalities, the leading cause of death among Americans ages 5 through 34. Our results provide no evidence that per se drugged driving laws reduce traffic fatalities.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 7048

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Health: General ; Health: Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
• Subject: drugged driving ; per se laws ; traffic fatalities ; marijuana ; Straßenverkehrsrecht ; Alkoholkonsum ; Wirkungsanalyse ; Straßenverkehrsunfall ; USA

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Anderson, D. Mark ; Rees, Daniel I.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2012

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/69467
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET