Drugs and driving 

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Use this guide to help you advise people who are on medicines that could impair their driving and how the drug driving rules will affect them.

First Published: 27 September 2016
Updated: 26 April 2022

Sections on this page

  • Drug driving rules
  • How the drug driving offence fits in with existing legislation
  • Specified drugs
  • The statutory “medical defence”
  • Practical considerations for pharmacists
  • Counselling for all people on medicines that could impair their driving
  • Medical conditions and driving
  • Further information

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