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Abstract: 

Each issue of Impaired Driving Update surveys important research findings bearing on drunk and drugged driving. This issue’s “Worth Reading” reviews: “Impulsive Lifestyle Counseling to Prevent Dropout From Treatment for Substance Use Disorders in People With Antisocial Personality Disorder: A Randomized Study” by Birgitte Thylstrup & Morten Hesse, the authors assess the effectiveness of this program in keeping individuals with a co-occurring antisocial personality and substance abuse disorder engaged in their treatment; “Risky Decision-Making in Adolescent Girls: The Role of Pubertal Hormones and Reward Circuitry” by Zdena A. Op de Macks, Silvia Bunge, Orly Bell, Linda Wilbrecht, Lance Kriegsfeld, Andrew Kayser, & Ronald Dahl, the authors of this article assess whether increased reward-related brain activation mediated the relationship between levels of pubertal hormones and risky decision-making in a sample of female adolescent girls; “Impact of Drinking-Age Legislation on Alcohol-Impaired Driving Crimes Among Young People in Canada, 2009-2013” by Russell Callaghan, Jodi Gatley, Marcos Sanches, Mark Asbridge, & Tim Stockwell, The authors of this article conducted a new study to assess the effect that current drinking-age legislation has on alcohol-related driving crimes; “Association Between Self-Reports of Being High and Perceptions About the Safety of Drugged and Drunk Driving” by Jane Allen, Kevin Davis, Jennifer Duke, James Nonnemaker, Brian Bradfield, Matthew Farrelly, Scott Novak, & Gary Zarkin, assesses the relationship between marijuana intoxication and perceptions of driving risk while intoxicated

Keywords: comorbid substance abuse and antisocial personality disorders; reward-related brain activation; minimum legal drinking age; driving under the influence of marijuana

Affiliations:  1: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.