Driving Performance and Cannabis Users' Perception of Safety: A Randomized Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Expanding cannabis medicalization and legalization increases the urgency to understand the factors associated with acute driving impairment.

Objective

To determine, in a large sample of regular cannabis users, the magnitude and time course of driving impairment produced by smoked cannabis of different Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content, the effects of use history, and concordance between perceived impairment and observed performance.

Design, setting, and participants

This double-blind, placebo-controlled parallel randomized clinical trial took place from February 2017 to June 2019 at the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, University of California San Diego. Cannabis users were recruited for this study, and analysis took place between April 2020 and

SUBMITTER: Marcotte TD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8792796 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature