March 2003
From Canadian Medical Association Journal
Sobering data on student DWI habits In the March 4 issue of CMAJ, Dr. Edward Adlaf and colleagues present data from the 2001 Ontario Student Drug Use Survey, which indicate that 31.9% of 1846 Ontario students surveyed admitted to being a passenger in a car driven by a drunk driver in 2001.In addition to the high incidence of students from grades 7 to 13 who admitted to this, 15% of students with driver�s licences (grades 10�13) reported driving while under the influence of alcohol and 20% admitted to driving after using cannabis. The authors state that these findings are �of great concern,� given that alcohol-related motor vehicle collisions are a major source of injury among adolescents. p. 565 Drinking, cannabis use and driving among Ontario students
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