Drugs and driving

Drugs and driving

This pharmacy guide is for pharmacists to help advise people who are on medicines that could impair their driving and how the drug driving rules will affect them.

Published: 27 September 2016

This was published when the organisation was the Royal Pharmaceutical Society.

Sections on this page

  • Seven steps to support people who are on medicines that could impair their driving
  • Drug driving rules
  • The statutory medical defence
  • Specified drugs
  • Medical conditions and driving
  • Counselling
  • Further information

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