opioids

Opioid-specific driving impairment: morphine, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, methadone, buprenorphine, and heroin — opioid analgesics and illicit opioids causing sedation, slowed reaction, and respiratory/CNS depression at the wheel. This tag claims the opioid drug class specifically, pulling opioids OUT of prescription_meds (which covers non-opioid sedating prescriptions) and out of illicit_drugs (non-opioid illegal drugs); distinct from alcohol and cannabis.

40 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

1. Schedule II Opioids and Stimulants & CMV Crash Risk and Driver Performance: Evidence Report and Systematic Review · 2014 · Brittle, Christine et al. · archived
2. Review of Selected 2-Phenylethylamine Derivatives and Opioids, Systematic Review of Their Effects on Psychomotor Abilities and Driving Performance: Psychopharmacology in the Context of Road Safety ↗ · 2025 · Żełabowski, Kacper et al. · indexed
3. A Framework for “Driving Under the Influenceof Drugs” Policy for the Opioid Using Driver ↗ · 2012 · Wilhelmi, Brian G. · indexed
4. The Effect of Opioids on Driving and Psychomotor Performance in Patients With Chronic Pain ↗ · 2005 · Byas‐Smith, Michael G. et al. · indexed
5. Maintenance Therapy with Synthetic Opioids and Driving Aptitude ↗ · 2004 · Schindler, Shird‐Dieter et al. · indexed
6. Evidence Report: Licit Schedule II Drug Use and Commercial Motor Vehicle Driver Safety (Comprehensive Review) · 2006 · NHTSA · archived
7. Evaluating Drugged Driving: Effects of Pain and Anxiety Medications · 2017 · Gaffney, Gary R. et al. · archived
8. Self-Reported Opioid Use and Driving Outcomes among Older Adults: The AAA LongROAD Study · 2020 · Betz, Marian E. et al. · archived
9. Road traffic crashes and prescribed methadone and buprenorphine: A french registry-based case–control study · 2012 · Corsenac, Philippe et al. · archived
10. Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets: 2024 · 2024 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
11. Driving functions in a video simulator in chronic non‐malignant pain patients using and not using codeine ↗ · 2010 · Nilsenl, Halvard K. et al. · indexed
12. State of Knowledge of Drug-Impaired Driving · 2003 · Jones, R. K. (Ralph K.) et al. · archived
13. Differential effects of stimulant versus opiate drugs on driving performance ↗ · 2020 · Tabibi, Zahra et al. · indexed
14. Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets [2014] · 2014 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
15. Drugs and Human Performance Fact Sheets [2004] · 2004 · Couper, Fiona J. et al. · archived
16. Countermeasures Against Prescription and Over-the-Counter Drug-Impaired Driving · 2018 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
17. Drugged Driving Expert Panel Report: A Consensus Protocol for Assessing the Potential of Drugs to Impair Driving · 2011 · Logan, Barry K. et al. · archived
18. Benzodiazepines, opioids and driving: An overview of the experimental research ↗ · 2011 · LEUNG, STEFANIE Y. · indexed
19. 134 Acute effects of methadone, buprenorphine or naltrexone on sleep-like parameters evaluated with actigraphy in male rhesus monkeys ↗ · 2021 · Berro, Lais et al. · indexed
20. The effects of psychoactive prescription drugs on driving. ↗ · 2017 · Beirness, DJ · indexed
21. Do Opioid Prescriptions Lead to Fatal Car Crashes? ↗ · 2021 · Betz, Michael et al. · indexed
22. Drugs and Driving: A Research Review · 1977 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
23. Use of Controlled Substances and Highway Safety: A Report to Congress · 1988 · Compton, Richard P. · archived
24. Medications and Impaired Driving ↗ · 2014 · Hetland, Amanda et al. · indexed
25. Drugs, driving and the law : a report to the governor and General Assembly of Virginia. · 1973 · Lorman, Alvin J · archived
26. Drug Abuse and Driving Performance · 1972 · Blomberg, Richard D. et al. · archived
27. Drug Use and Highway Safety: A Review of the Literature · 1971 · Nichols, James L. · archived
28. Drugs and Driving: Information Needs and Research Requirements · 1979 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
29. The Effects of Transdermal Fentanyl on Driving, Cognitive Performance, and Balance in Patients with Chronic Nonmalignant Pain Conditions ↗ · 2004 · Menefee, Lynette A. et al. · indexed
30. Use of Potentially Impairing Medications in Relation to Driving, United States, 2021 · 2022 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety · archived
31. Drugs and Driving: A Selected Bibliography: Supplement One · 1978 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
32. Drug Research Methodology. Volume 5, Experimentation in Drugs and Highway Safety: The Study of Drug Effects on Skills Related to Driving · 1980 · Joscelyn, Kent B. et al. · archived
33. Prescription medication use and crash risk: taking responsibility for a new global challenge ↗ · 2021 · Downey, Luke A et al. · indexed
34. A Pilot Study to Test Multiple Medication Usage and Driving Functioning · 2008 · Staplin, L. K. et al. · archived
35. Concentration Ratios of Morphine to Codeine in Blood of Impaired Drivers as Evidence of Heroin Use and not Medication with Codeine ↗ · 2001 · Ceder, G. et al. · indexed
36. Psychoactive Medication and Traffic Safety ↗ · 2009 · Verster, Joris C. et al. · indexed
37. Evidence of Specific Cognitive Deficits inPatients with Chronic Low Back Pain underLong-Term Substitution Treatment of Opioids ↗ · 2014 · Wang, Haili · indexed
38. Antihistamines and Driving-Related Behavior: A Review of the Evidence for Impairment · 2004 · Moskowitz, Herbert, 1925- · archived
39. A scoping review of motor vehicle operator performance assessments for benzodiazepine receptor agonists ↗ · 2024 · Murphy, Andrea et al. · indexed
40. 2013–2014 National Roadside Study of Alcohol and Drug Use by Drivers: Drug Results · 2017 · Kelley-Baker, Tara et al. · archived