Drug-Impaired Driving Marijuana and Opioids 1 GHSA Reports 2 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Drug-Impaired Driving Marijuana and Opioids 1

GHSA Reports 2

Drug Presence in Those Tested 3

MJ & Opioids Most Common 4

DUID Rising 5

DUI Alcohol vs DUI Drugs 45.0% 40.2% 40.0% 34.1% 35.0% 30.1% 30.0% 27.0% 25.0% 18.2% 20.0% 15.0% 11.4% 2011 9.3% 10.0% 2016 4.1% 5.0% 0.0% 6

Fatally Injured Drivers 7

Concentration to Impairment 8

Prevalence Day vs Night 9

Toxicology Specimens … Urine stays in as the one suited While blood still leads Oral Fluid in identifying current drug use … to depict history of drug use 10

Add drug-impaired driving messages to ad campaigns Consider campaign with physicians and pharmacists for opioid warnings Train majority of patrol officers in ARIDE Seriously consider oral fluid devices Follow development of MJ breath test instruments Train adequate number of DREs Encourage training for prosecutors/judges on DUID

Encourage officers to investigate DUID even when alcohol is suspected Authorize electronic search warrants for drug tests Provide appropriate penalties for drug test refusal Require blood testing rather than urine testing Invest in forensic lab capabilities to provide adequate testing Test all fatally-injured drivers and all surviving at-fault drivers Establish separate DUID offense equivalent to DUI