Toxicology of opioid analgesics and their impact on traffic accidents in the Moravian-Silesian Region

Autor: DOBIÁŠOVÁ, Marcela
Jazyk: čeština
Rok vydání: 2020
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Popis: The bachelor thesis is devoted to the issue of the use of opioid analgesics, their effect on traffic accidents and accidents caused under the influence. Opioid analgesics, which belong to the group of narcotic and psychotropic substances, are still a topical topic, as a large number of traffic accidents are caused by drivers who are under their influence. The theoretical part is devoted mainly to history, classification of opioid analgesics, distribution of narcotic and psychotropic substances, list of drugs containing narcotic and psychotropic substances in the Czech Republic, occurrence of side effects, addictions, route of administration, detection of addictive substances in the body, but also drug policy strategy in Moravian-Silesian Region, the Czech Republic and the European Union. The practical part is focused on the comparison of traffic accidents caused under the influence of opioid analgesics in the years 2014-2018 in the Moravian-Silesian Region. In the practical part, I processed the results based on the statistics of the Police of the Czech Republic. After evaluating the results, it was found that in the period 2014-2018, the number of traffic accidents under the influence of opioid analgesics increased in the Moravian-Silesian Region, but there was a decrease in traffic accidents caused under the influence of alcohol. At the same time, there was a reduction in the number of people who were slightly injured, severely injured and killed. The result also showed that the most accidents that were caused in the period under the influence of addictive substances were in the South Moravian Region.
Databáze: OpenAIRE