Driving Privileges Facilitate Impaired Driving in Those Youths Who Use Alcohol or Marijuana

The aim of this study was to determine whether possession of a driver's license increases the risk of impaired driving among adolescents who use alcohol or marijuana. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to secondary school students in northeast Ohio across multiple school districts. Log...

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Published inJournal of child & adolescent substance abuse Vol. 18; no. 1; pp. 106 - 116
Main Authors Lewis, Todd F, Scott Olds, R, Thombs, Dennis L, Ding, Kele
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 01.01.2009
Subjects
Adolescents
Drinking
Driver Education
Marijuana
Motor Vehicles
Ohio
Prevention
Questionnaires
Regression (Statistics)
Risk
Secondary School Students
Ohio
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Summary:The aim of this study was to determine whether possession of a driver's license increases the risk of impaired driving among adolescents who use alcohol or marijuana. An anonymous questionnaire was administered to secondary school students in northeast Ohio across multiple school districts. Logistic regression analyses revealed that after accounting for socio-demographic variables, legal driving privileges were independent risk factors for both alcohol- and marijuana-impaired driving, and more robust than substance use in distinguishing between impaired and non-impaired drivers. Prevention strategies must address conventional licensing policies in addition to social and contextual factors leading to adolescent alcohol and marijuana use and associated risks. (Contains 2 tables.)
ISSN:1067-828X
DOI:10.1080/15470650802544339