The Kansas Highway Patrol will join many other police agencies across the state in the Taking Down DUI traffic enforcement campaign, sponsored by the Kansas Department of Transportation beginning December 26, and continuing through January 3rd.

Marijuana, opioid, and alcohol use have increased substantially in general during the pandemic and these impairing substances have now been identified in nearly 25% of serious and fatal crashes.

According to KDOT, in comparison with other holidays, the New Year’s Holiday period outranks most of the other holidays in the number of crashes in which at least one of the drivers is impaired by alcohol and/or other drugs.