A DOCTORS' leader is urging people who take drugs - both legal and illegal - to heed a warning that their use can affect a motorist's ability to drive safely.

Dr Kailash Chand, secretary of West Pennine Local Medical Committee, today echoed the British Medical Association's (BMA) warning that drugs can affect people in the same way as alcohol.

And he highlighted the fact that it can be just as dangerous for people taking prescribed drugs to drive as it is for those who have taken illegal drugs.

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