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Medical Bureau of Road Safety. (2001) Report of the Medical Bureau of Road Safety for the year ended 31st December 1999. Dublin: Department of Forensic Medicine, University College Dublin.

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The Medical Bureau of Road Safety is responsible for chemically testing intoxicants in driving in Ireland. In 1999 a total of 8476 specimens were received for analysis. This represents an increase of 8.5% on 1998 and 28.6% increase on 1997. Between the 1st of July and 31st of December 1999 all samples submitted to the Medical Bureau of Road Safety which were under the legal limit for alcohol were tested for the presence of drugs. In total 338 samples were tested of which 37% tested positive for drugs. The occurrence of polydrug use was frequent with 45% of samples tested containing 2 or more drugs, with 3% of samples containing 5 types of drugs.


Item Type
Report
Publication Type
Irish-related, Report
Drug Type
All substances
Intervention Type
Crime prevention
Date
2001
Call No
REF, Annual Reports
Pages
20 p.
Publisher
Department of Forensic Medicine, University College Dublin
Corporate Creators
Medical Bureau of Road Safety
Place of Publication
Dublin
EndNote
Accession Number
HRB 1523 (Available)

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