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Abstract: 

A 2014 GAO study unearths some interesting findings regarding drugged-driving including failure to measure the extent to which drivers are impaired in drivers who tested positive, in many states data for drug-impairment might not be separated from data for alcohol impairment, the complex composition of drugs proves a challenge to defining the rate and persistence of drug-impaired driving, the expense of testing for drug impairment, and the lack of awareness of the dangers of driving under the influence of prescription drugs. As a result federal and state agencies are taking action on drug-impaired driving with improved incident tracking, testing, raising of public awareness.

Keywords: prescription and over-the-counter (legal) medications; what constitutes drug-impaired driving; highway-safety public-education campaigns

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