Application of a protocol "alcohol and drugs" with the Prefecture of La Spezia, Italy. Results for the year 2011 following the application of the protocol, alcohol and drugs (Sections 186/187 CDS) shared between the Prefecture of La Spezia and the ASL 5 Liguria

Fabio Evangelisti; Gianfranco Petricciani; Isa Mavi Sbarbaro; Paolo Bucchioni

doi:10.4415/ANN_12_02_02

Application of a protocol "alcohol and drugs" with the Prefecture of La Spezia, Italy. Results for the year 2011 following the application of the protocol, alcohol and drugs (Sections 186/187 CDS) shared between the Prefecture of La Spezia and the ASL 5 Liguria

Ann Ist Super Sanita. 2012;48(2):117-8. doi: 10.4415/ANN_12_02_02.

Authors

Fabio Evangelisti¹, Gianfranco Petricciani, Isa Mavi Sbarbaro, Paolo Bucchioni

Affiliation

¹ Sezione Tossicologia, Laboratorio di Analisi, Ospedale S. Bartolomeo, ASL 5, Sarzana (SP), Liguria.

PMID: 22751552
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_12_02_02

Abstract

This article deals with the need - which is becoming urgent considering that the crime of road murder will soon be introduced - for the health authorities to correctly and fully apply the proposed "alcohol and drugs" protocol of the highway code, in order to obtain toxicological obviousness to be used as evidence of the offence.

MeSH terms

Alcoholic Intoxication / diagnosis*
Alcoholic Intoxication / epidemiology
Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence*
Automobile Driving / standards
Automobile Driving / statistics & numerical data
Blood Chemical Analysis / standards
Crime / legislation & jurisprudence*
Ethanol / blood*
Forensic Medicine / legislation & jurisprudence*
Forensic Medicine / standards
Humans
Illicit Drugs / blood*
Illicit Drugs / urine*
Italy / epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Substance-Related Disorders / diagnosis*
Substance-Related Disorders / epidemiology
Urinalysis / standards

Substances

Illicit Drugs
Ethanol