TWG HOSTS DRUGGED-DRIVING EXPERTS MEETING IN TALLOIRES, FRANCE 

In early September The Walsh Group hosted a 4-day meeting of experts in "Drugged Driving" research.  The international experts in attendance represented nine countries and three continents.  The meeting, held at the Tufts University European Center in Talloires, France, was co-sponsored by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, The European Commission, The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, The International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety, The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists, and the French Society of Analytical Toxicologists.  The goal of the meeting was to develop a set of standards for "Drugged Driving" research designed to ensure the comparability of data from country to country.  The product from the Talloires meeting is a draft "standards" document integrating the discussions and recommendations posed throughoutthe proceedings.  It is anticipated that the draft document will be posted on The Walsh Group, ICADTS and TIAFT websites sometime in January 2007 where comments will be solicited from the greater drug-impaired driving research community.  A final version of the Standards Document should be available for distribution at the joint TIAFT/ICADTS meeting in August 2007 in Seattle.