@article{Beylich m. fl_2009, title={En kartlegging av forekomsten av forskjellige rusmidler blant norske motorvognførere pågrepet av politiet, med mistanke om påvirket kjøring}, volume={6}, url={https://www.ntnu.no/ojs/index.php/norepid/article/view/333}, DOI={10.5324/nje.v6i1.333}, abstractNote={<strong><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><p align="left"> </p></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">SAMMENDRAG</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><p align="left">Sjåfører som mistenkes for påvirket kjøring blir i første omgang vurdert av politiet med henblikk på om det kun</p><p align="left">skal rekvireres alkoholanalyse eller om det også skal tas prøve med hensyn på andre rusmidler (narkotika,</p><p align="left">medikamenter med ruspotensial) ved Statens rettstoksikologiske institutt (SRI). Rutinemessig vil SRI undersøke</p><p align="left">det politiet rekvirerer, men prøvene lagres inntil to år etter at de er analysert. Ved supplerende analyse i ettertid</p><p align="left">kan man således få et mer fullstendig bilde av hva mistenkte, påvirkede bilførere hadde i kroppen da de avga</p><p align="left">prøve. I den foreliggende undersøkelsen ble 1197 prøver fra februar og september 1993 analysert på et bredt</p><p align="left">spekter av andre rusmidler foruten alkohol, uavhengig av hva politiets mistanke hadde vært. Vi fant da at alkohol</p><p align="left">alene var til stede i 55 % av prøvene, andre rusmidler alene i 16%, både alkohol og andre rusmidler i 14%, mens</p><p align="left">verken alkohol eller andre rusmidler ble påvist i 15% av prøvene. Politiets mistanke med hensyn til alkoholpåvirkning</p><p align="left">ble bekreftet av analyseresultatene i 71% av tilfellene, og mistanke om forekomst av andre rusmidler i</p><p align="left">58% av tilfellene. Tidligere studier og denne undersøkelsen viste at bilførere som mistenkes for påvirket kjøring</p><p align="left">synes å representere en gruppe med storbruk av alkohol og misbruk av andre stoff.</p><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><p align="left">Beylich K-M, Christophersen AS, Skurtveit S, Bjørneboe A, Mørland J.</p></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><p align="left"> </p></span></span><p align="left"><strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">Frequency of different drugs in<strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"></span></span></strong></span><strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><p align="left"> </p><p align="left"> </p><p align="left"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"></span><strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">ENGLISH SUMMARY</span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><p align="left">Drivers apprehended under the suspicion of drunken or drugged driving are primarily evaluated by the police with</p><p align="left">regard to whether alcohol or drugs should be looked for in the blood samples taken shortly after apprehension.</p><p align="left">Until March 1996 all blood samples were sent to the National Institute of Forensic Toxicology (NIFT), for analysis.</p><p align="left">NIFT routinely perform only those analyses requested, but the samples are stored for up to two years after</p><p align="left">analysis. By later additional analyses of this material one could obtain a more complete picture of which drugs</p><p align="left">were present in the drivers at the time of blood sampling. In the present study, 1197 samples collected during</p><p align="left">February and September 1993, were analyzed for a broad spectrum of drugs in addition to alcohol, regardless of</p><p align="left">what the suspicion by the police had been. We found that alcohol only was present in 55 per cent of the samples,</p><p align="left">drugs only in 16 per cent, both alcohol and drugs in 14 per cent, while neither alcohol nor drugs were present in</p><p align="left">15 per cent of the samples. Drugs were detected more frequently in samples which did not contain alcohol (in 64</p><p align="left">per cent of the samples), while the frequency of detection was from 18 to 25 per cent in samples where alcohol</p><p align="left">was present. In the majority of the samples with drugs present, alcohol and/or another drug was present too. The</p><p align="left">suspicion by the police with respect to alcohol influence was confirmed in 71 per cent of cases, and the suspicion</p><p align="left">of the presence of other drugs was verified in 58 per cent of cases. Earlier studies and the present demonstrated</p><p>that drivers suspected for drunken/ drugged driving represent a group with heavy drinking and drug abuse.</p></span></span></p></span></strong></span></strong><em><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-ItalicMT;">Nor J Epidemiol </span></span></em><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">1996; </span></span><strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPS-BoldMT;">6 </span></span></strong><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;"><span style="font-size: x-small; font-family: TimesNewRomanPSMT;">(1): xx-xx.</span></span></p><p align="left">samples from Norwegian drivers suspected for impaired driving.</p>}, number={1}, journal={Norsk Epidemiologi}, author={Beylich m. fl, Kari-Mette Beylich m. fl}, year={2009}, month={Oct.} }