Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 247-249, December 2009

Methamphetamine and driving

  • Nikolas P. Lemos

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationForensic Laboratory Division, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City and County of San Francisco, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, USA. Tel.: +1 415 553 9009; fax: +1 415 553 9815.

Forensic Laboratory Division, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, City and County of San Francisco, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco, California, 94103, USA

Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, The University of California, San Francisco, California, 94143, USA

published online 12 November 2009.

Abstract 

Methamphetamine incidence in driving under the influence cases in the City and County of San Francisco is a significant and on-going challenge. Two methamphetamine positive driving cases are presented herein demonstrating some similarities in observed signs and symptoms and drug blood concentrations but which are also characterized by very different driving styles and behaviours towards the police officers when encountered on the road.

Keywords: Human Performance Toxicology, Driving Under the Influence, Methamphetamine, Impairment, Signs and Symptoms, Behaviour

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PII: S1355-0306(09)00147-6

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2009.09.014

Science & Justice
Volume 49, Issue 4 , Pages 247-249, December 2009

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