A study has heen carried out into the incidence of road accidents in a group of 100 young drug-addicts having a history of drug abuse of 24 months. In these subjects the correlation between number and type of accidents and type and state of drug addiction was evaluated. In conclusion it may be noted that drug-addiction causes not only physical, psychological and social damage but also a high incidence of road accidents. The cost of which is subsequently paid by society.
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