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The Limits of Tolerance: Convicted Alcohol-Impaired Drivers Share Experiences Driving Under the Influence

Author(s) -

Sandra C. Lapham

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

the permanente journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.445

H-Index - 30

eISSN - 1552-5775

pISSN - 1552-5767

DOI - 10.7812/tpp/09-145

Subject(s) - medicine , law enforcement , occupational safety and health , injury prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , enforcement , psychiatry , medical emergency , computer security , law , computer science , pathology , political science

Most people are aware that regular alcohol drinkers can become tolerant to the effects of alcohol. Tolerance can lessen the outward manifestations of intoxication, and this poses challenges for the drinker and other observers, including law enforcement officers. On the basis of a National Institutes of Health-funded longitudinal study examining a cohort of convicted alcohol-impaired drivers, this article presents commentary regarding this phenomenon in offenders convicted of driving under the influence and the implications for traffic safety.

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