Taking drugs along with alcohol:

Drugs (including illegal, prescription, and over-the-counter medications) can affect your brain function and impair your ability to drive safely. Combining alcohol with other drugs will increase the risk of a crash.

• Increases the risk of causing a crash.
• Is no more dangerous than consuming alcohol by itself.
• Lessens the effect of alcohol on your ability to drive.
• Has no effect on your general driving ability.