Analysis of Scientific Production Over Consumption of Addictive Substances and Road Safety

The intake of psychoactive substances causes cognitive, behavioral and physiological changes that lead some people to develop lost of control with significant impact on their daily lives (Becoña and Cortes, 2011). The drugs cause important effects on psychomotor performance, which in the case of driving a vehicle, constitutes a risk factor for involvement in traffic accidents. The intervention in the field of substance abuse and driving is considered a priority in order to reduce road traffic accidents (Álvarez and González-Luque,2014). During the study period there has been an increase in productivity and citation in relation to addictive substances and road safety, with a large number of original researches and a low percentage of self-citations. Both universities and specialized research centres most productive are from countries with high gross domestic product and extensive research in the study of substance abuse.