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Efforts To Understand the Nation’s Drugged Driving Problem Stall Under Trump

The data behind alcohol-related traffic deaths is well studied. Less understood is the toll of vehicle deaths involving drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Attempts to fix that have been stymied by federal budget and staffing cuts.

Efforts To Understand the Nation’s Drugged Driving Problem Stall Under Trump
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According to KFF Health News’s source item, Efforts To Understand the Nation’s Drugged Driving Problem Stall Under Trump, The data behind alcohol-related traffic deaths is well studied. Less understood is the toll of vehicle deaths involving drugs or a combination of drugs and alcohol. Attempts to fix that have been stymied by federal budget and staffing cuts.

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