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Alcohol and drugs (Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales, Australia)

From this page you can access information on drink driving topics.
http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/roadsafety/alcoholdrugs/index.html

Australian Drug Foundation

• Alcohol
  Covers the effects of alcohol on the body.
  http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/article.asp?ContentID=alcohol

• What is a standard drink?
  Defines a standard drink and provides guidelines for low-risk drinking.
  http://www.druginfo.adf.org.au/article.asp?ContentID=what_is_a_standard_drink

Federal Office of Road Safety

Tables and graphs relating to road safety in Australia.

• Alcohol and road fatalities in Australia 1998
  http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/2001/Alc_fat_4.aspx

• The history of road fatalities in Australia
  http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/1998/pdf/Stats_Aust_8.pdf

Trends in alcohol-related road injury in Australia, 1990-1997 (National Drug Research Institute, Curtin University of Technology, Australia)

Provides data on road related injuries categorised by the year, sex, age and state.
http://www.ndri.curtin.edu.au/pdfs/naip/naip002.pdf

Coffee and alcohol (Great Moments in Science, Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Looks at the myth that coffee can help you become sober when drunk.
http://www.abc.net.au/science/k2/moments/s1654036.htm

How Stuff Works (USA)

• How breathalyzers work
  Explains why the alcohol you consume ends up in your breath and describes three different types of testing devices.
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/breathalyzer.htm

• How alcohol works
  Examines the ways in which alcohol affects the human body.
  http://www.howstuffworks.com/alcohol.htm

Road Ready (ACT Department of Urban Services, Australia)

Provides information and activities for new drivers and their teachers.
http://www.roadready.act.gov.au/