This report analyses how driving under the influence of psychoactive substances can be combated effectively by legal interventions. It focuses thereby on the criminological point of view. All statements in this report are related to commonly used substances in traffic and to the most relevant high-risk user groups, because a panacea for all substances and groups involved in driving under the influence cannot be offered due to their heterogeneity. In any case, it is recommendable to implement laws which are targeted at those special driver groups (e. g.: adolescent drivers; high-BAC drivers). With the support of empirical findings, it is possible to tackle clear tendencies for promising countermeasures. The next step would then be to discuss suitable, efficient and effective ways and means of enacting them on the European political level. (Author/publisher) This document is available at https://www.bast.de/Druid/EN/Home/home_node.html
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