Drugged Driving a Leading Cause of Death - SAMHSA 2008 REPORT

5% of Americans drove under the influence of illicit drugs in the past year - that's 10 million people! (15% drove under infuence of alcohol).

States with the highest drugged driving rates:
District of Columbia (7.0 percent),
Rhode Island (6.8 percent),
Massachusetts (6.4 percent),
Montana (6.3 percent), and
Wyoming (6.2 percent).

Death from impaired driving (drugs and alcohol) is the LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS among persons aged 3 to 33.

Illicit drugs, as defined above, includes marijuana/hashish, cocaine (including crack), inhalants, hallucinogens, heroin, or prescription-type drugs used nonmedically.