Prevalence and Motives for Drugged Driving among Emerging Adults Presenting to an Emergency Department

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• Alternative Title:
  Addict Behav
• Personal Author:
  Bonar, Erin E. ; Arterberry, Brooke J. ; Davis, Alan K. ; Cunningham, Rebecca M. ; Blow, Frederic C. ; Collins, R. Lorraine ; Walton, Maureen A.
• Description:
  Objectives
  
  Drugged driving [DD] is a public health concern, particularly among emerging adults who have the highest rates of drug use. Understanding involvement with DD could inform prevention efforts for this population. We evaluated the prevalence of, motives for, and correlates of past-year DD among emerging adults from an urban, under-resourced community.
  
  Methods
  
  Emerging adults (N=586) ages 18–25 years (54% male, 56% African American, 34% European American) seeking care in an urban emergency department completed past-year surveys of demographics, frequency of DD within 4 hours of substance use, reasons for DD, and substance use.
  
  Results
  
  DD was reported by 24% of participants (with 25% of those engaging in high frequency DD). DD after cannabis use was most common (96%), followed by prescription opioids, sedatives, and stimulants (9%–19%). Common reasons for DD were: needing to go home (67%), not thinking drugs affected driving ability (44%), not having to drive far (33%), and not feeling high (32%). Demographics were not associated with DD, but, as expected, those with DD had riskier substance use.
  
  Conclusions
  
  In this clinical sample, using a conservative measure, DD, particularly following cannabis use, was relatively common among emerging adults. Based on these data, clinical interventions for cannabis and other drug use should include content on prevention of DD, with particular attention to motives such as planning ahead for alternatives to get home safely and weighing benefits and risks of DD.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Driving Under The Influence Emergency Service, Hospital Female Humans Illicit Drugs Male Michigan Motivation Patient Acceptance Of Health Care Prevalence Retrospective Studies Self Report Socioeconomic Factors Substance-Related Disorders Young Adult

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• Keywords:
  Drug Use Emerging Adults Impaired Driving
• Source:
  Addict Behav. 78:80-84
• Pubmed ID:
  29128710
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC5783773
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  K23 DA036008/DA/NIDA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; R49 CE002099/CE/NCIPC CDC HHSUnited States/ ; T32 AA007477/AA/NIAAA NIH HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  78
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:5caa70c30275d6faef294fad82c10e53e427e16bb80aa7856c7678eebe5c2ec8
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/51164/cdc_51164_DS1.pdf
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