Contribution of cannabis-related cues to concurrent reinforcer choice in humans.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Drug-related cues play a critical role in the development and persistence of substance use disorder. Few human laboratory studies have evaluated how these cues contribute to decisions between concurrently presented reinforcers, and none have examined the specific role of cannabis cues. This study evaluated the contribution of cannabis-related cues to concurrent monetary reinforcer choice in humans.

Methods

Participants with a cannabis use history (i.e., use in the past two weeks and 50 or more lifetime uses; n = 71) and controls without this history (i.e., 5 or less lifetime uses; n = 79) were recruited using Amazon Mechanical Turk. A cued concurrent choice task was used in which cannabis trials presented two cues (one cannabis and one neutral) side-by-side follow

SUBMITTER: Strickland JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6615729 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature