The intervention agency Oberhausen e.V. (Intob) was commissioned by the UDV (German Insurers Accident Research) to investigate trends in drug use in recent years. In addition, the agency was commissioned to examine whether there had been any changes with regard to drugs on the roads since a study on party and designer drugs on the roads carried out in 2002 (entitled “Party- und Designerdrogen im Straßenverkehr”). Based on a study of the research literature, different locations/events were selected for the survey (school and party/dance-type events). This also allowed a comparison to be made between urban and rural areas. By widening the scope of the study in this way, it was possible to gain extensive insights into the issue and at the same time to compare the attitudes of people with experience of drugs with those with no experience. While drug use in general has been researched in some depth in Germany, there is a dearth of research into the effects of drugs on the roads. (Author/publisher)
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