Drugs of Abuse in Aviation Fatalities. 1. Marijuana

Abstract

Isopropyl alcohol swabs taken from the oral cavities of pilots killed in general aviation accidents were analyzed for marijuana by the modified Duquenois-Levine test. During the 2-year period from October 1982 through September 1984, 289 pilot fatalities ( of 809 sampled for other toxicological reasons) were sampled for marijuana; a positive test indicated the recent use of marijuana. Six of the pilots' samples (2.1 percent) were positive.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161911

Entities

People

  • Delbert J. Lacefield
  • Patricia A. Roberts
  • Paula M. Grape

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Alkanes
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Aviation Medicine
  • Cannabis
  • Chromatography
  • Fatalities
  • Gas Chromatography
  • Hypnotics And Sedatives
  • Information Exchange
  • Liquid Chromatography
  • Mass Spectrometry
  • Materials
  • Oklahoma
  • Thin Layer Chromatography
  • United States
  • United States Government

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