Prevalence of psychoactive substances in truck drivers in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (France)

Labat, Laurence; Fontaine, Bernard; Delzenne, Chantal; Doublet, Anne; Marek, Marie Christine; Tellier, Dominique; Tonneau, Murielle; Lhermitte, Michel; Frimat, P.

doi:10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.03.004

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“…This observation matches the previous studies conducted in other countries, which have indicated cannabis as the principal illicit drug consumed by drivers [8,9]. Moreover, the distribution of illicit drugs among professional drivers is similar to a previous published French experience [7].…”

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confidence: 92%

“…6.93), this result is apparently in contrast with data from international literature, in particular a French study showed that THC use by truck drivers was higher in younger workers (age between 18 and 25 years) [7]. With the exception of one subject (THC positive with a value of 238 ng/ml), the other nine were feebly positive to THC, in fact all THC urine values were beneath the 80 ng/ml.…”

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confidence: 80%

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Professional Drivers and Psychoactive Substances Consumption: First Results from Medical Surveillance at the Workplace in Italy

Rosso¹,

Feola²,

Rubinetto³

et al. 2012

The Continuum of Health Risk Assessments

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confidence: 92%

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confidence: 80%

Professional Drivers and Psychoactive Substances Consumption: First Results from Medical Surveillance at the Workplace in Italy

Rosso¹,

Feola²,

Rubinetto³

et al. 2012

The Continuum of Health Risk Assessments

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“…The prevalence of psychoactive substance use among truck drivers from the Nord-Pas-deCalais region in France was determined through the analysis of urine from 1000 professionals. Cannabinoids were detected in 85 cases (8.5%), ethanol in 50 cases (5.0%), opiates in 41 cases (4.1%), amphetamines in 3 cases (0.3%), and cocaine in only one case (0.1%; Labat et al 2008). In a recent Norwegian study of 882 truck drivers, psychoactive substances were detected in low prevalence in oral fluid samples.…”

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confidence: 92%

Detecting Alcohol and Illicit Drugs in Oral Fluid Samples Collected from Truck Drivers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Yonamine

Sanches

Paranhos

et al. 2013

Traffic Injury Prevention

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“…Norwegian workers in this sample seemed to abuse cannabis to a smaller extent than workers in other countries. Cannabis is the most widely used illicit drug revealed in workplace drug testing (7,9,12,17,18). Possibly the businesses tested in Norway use less cannabis than the general work-force, however other sources similarly point at lower cannabis use in Norway (19).…”

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Results of workplace drug testing in Norway

Lund¹,

Bogstrand²,

Christophersen³

2011

Nor J Epidemiol

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Workplace drug testing is less common in Norway than in many other countries. During the period from 2000-2006, 13469 urine or blood samples from employees in the offshore industry, shipping companies and aviation industry were submitted to the Norwegian Institute of Public Health for drug testing. The samples were analysed for benzodiazepines, illicit drugs, muscle relaxants with sedating properties, opioids and z-hypnotics. In total, 2.9% of the samples were positive for one or more substances. During the study period the prevalence decreased for morphine (from 1.9% to 1.1%) and increased for amphetamine (from 0.04% to 0.6%), clonazepam (from 0% to 0.1%), methamphetamine (from 0.04% to 0.6%), nitrazepam (from 0% to 0.4%) and oxazepam (from 0.5% to 1.3%) (p<0.05). There was no significant change in prevalence for the other substances included in the analytical programme. Illicit drugs were significantly associated with lower age (OR: 0.93, p<0.05). This study found low prevalence of drugs among employees in companies with workplace drug testing programmes in Norway.

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Prevalence of psychoactive substances in truck drivers in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region (France)

Cited by 46 publications

References 9 publications

Professional Drivers and Psychoactive Substances Consumption: First Results from Medical Surveillance at the Workplace in Italy

Professional Drivers and Psychoactive Substances Consumption: First Results from Medical Surveillance at the Workplace in Italy

Detecting Alcohol and Illicit Drugs in Oral Fluid Samples Collected from Truck Drivers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil

Results of workplace drug testing in Norway

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