NTSB: More Drugs Showing Up In Fatal Crashes - AVweb

I agree with Matt. I’m not sure where the NTSB is headed with this. They seem to make a big deal about the rise of cardiovascular medications, but that basically tracks the introduction and then widespread use of statin drugs for cholesterol control. Blood pressure and cholesterol drugs have been well proven to be safe and effective and pose little risk to the user being impaired for flying. One thing not mentioned was the number of pilots who had alcohol in their systems. I suspect that was more than all the other drugs combined, or was there in combination with the other drugs. Sadly, alcohol remains one of the largest factors in fatal automobile and aircraft crashes.