drug-driving

British

noun

1. driving while under the influence of drugs, esp illegal drugs
2. ( as modifier )
  
  a drug-driving conviction

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Those arrested were taken into custody on suspicion of offences including drink and drug-driving, possession of drugs and theft.

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The driver and passengers were taken to hospital "as a precaution" and a 20-year-old Redditch man was arrested on suspicion of drink and drug-driving.

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Two local men aged 32 and 29, thought to be the driver and a passenger of the Prius, have been arrested on suspicion of drug-driving and are in custody.

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An arrest was made for the alleged assault and for drug-driving, as police tried to disperse crowds in Fradley near Lichfield on Saturday night.

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The man is being treated in hospital and is being investigated for suspected drug-driving, said police.

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