%0 Journal Article
%T A pilot study of alcohol and drug-related traffic accidents and death in two Jamaican parishes, 1991
%J West Indian medical journal
%D 1995
%A Francis, M.
%A Eldemire, D.
%A Clifford, R.
%V 44
%N 3
%P 99-101
%X This study is a preliminary effort to document the role of drugs in motor vehicle accidents as it examines the presence of alcohol, marijuana and cocaine in blood samples of thirty-one motor vehicle fatalities. The study identified that males (90.3%) and pedestrians (41.9%) were killed most often. Evidence of alcohol intake was found in 77.5% of the fatalities and 35.5% had alcohol levels above the legal acceptable limits. Traces of marijuana were found in 22.5% and a combination of alcohol and marijuana in 22.5% of the victims.  Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving; Ethanol impaired driving<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I University of The West Indies
%@ 0043-3144
%U http://dx.doi.org/