الشهر: يونيو 2023

This originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2722956/ THE EFFECT OF CANNABIS COMPARED WITH ALCOHOL ON DRIVING R. Andrew Sewell, MD,James Poling, PhD, and Mehmet Sofuoglu, MD, PhD Abstract The prevalence of both alcohol and cannabis use and the high morbidity associated with motor vehicle crashes has lead to a plethora of research on the link between the…

This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31106494/ Cannabis use as a risk factor for causing motor vehicle crashes: a prospective study Jeffrey R. Brubacher, 1 Herbert Chan, 2 Shannon Erdelyi, 2 Scott Macdonald, 3 Mark Asbridge, 4 Robert E. Mann, 5 Jeffrey Eppler, 6 Adam Lund, 7 Andrew MacPherson, 8 Walter Martz, 9 William E. Schreiber, 2…

This originally appeared at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3163816 Mark A.R. Kleiman BOTEC Analysis, LLC; New York University Marron Institute of Urban Management Tyler Jones Jones BOTEC Analysis, LLC Celeste Miller BOTEC Analysis, LLC Ross Halperin New York University Marron Institute of Urban Management Date Written: June 29, 2018 AbstractTHC is the most commonly detected intoxicant in US drivers,…

This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35691014/ Cameron M Ellis  1 , Martin F Grace  1 , Rhet A Smith  2 , Juan Zhang  3 PMID: 35691014 DOI: 10.1002/hec.4553 Abstract While many states have legalized medical cannabis, many unintended consequences remain under-studied. We focus on one potential detriment-the effect of cannabis legalization on automobile safety. We examine this relationship through…

This originally appeared at https://rrs.scholasticahq.com/article/30970-state-marijuana-laws-and-traffic-fatalities Jim Dewey, Kristopher Kindle, Sravani Vadlamani, Reinaldo Sanchez-Arias Abstract: We examine the relationship between traffic fatalities and state marijuana laws using data from 1985 through 2019 and Poisson difference in difference models that allow effects to vary over time. We show numerous attributes of state marijuana laws are captured by…

This originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32856949/ Published 2020 Aug 28. doi: 10.1080/15389588.2020.1810246 PMCID: PMC7709737 NIHMSID: NIHMS1648312 PMID: 32856949 Abstract Objective: While attention has been given to how legalization of recreational cannabis affects traffic crash rates, there was been limited research on how cannabis affects pedestrians involved in traffic crashes. This study examined the association between cannabis legalization…

This originally appeared at https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11292-018-9345-3 Bradley J. Bartos  ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0001-5289-36541, Carol Newark1 & Richard McCleary1  Abstract Objectives This paper reports a quasi-experimental evaluation of California’s 1996 medical marijuana law (MML), known as Proposition 215, on statewide motor vehicle fatalities between 1996 and 2015. Methods To infer the causal impact of California’s MML enactment on statewide…

A Randomized Clinical Trial Thomas D. Marcotte, PhD1; Anya Umlauf, MS1; David J. Grelotti, MD1; et al Emily G. Sones, BA1; Philip M. Sobolesky, PhD2,3; Breland E. Smith, PhD2,4; Melissa A. Hoffman, PhD2,5; Jacqueline A. Hubbard, PhD2,6; Joan Severson, MS7; Marilyn A. Huestis, PhD8; Igor Grant, MD1; Robert L. Fitzgerald, PhD2 JAMA Psychiatry. 2022;79(3):201-209. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2021.4037 This originally appeared at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapsychiatry/fullarticle/2788264 Key Points Question  What factors are related to the impact of smoked cannabis on driving and the users’ perception…

This originally appeared at https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20503245211055381 Michael A. White [email protected] and Nicholas R. BurnsView all authors and affiliations https://doi.org/10.1177/2050324521105 Abstract Background The development of drug driving policies should rest on sound epidemiological evidence as to the crash risks of driving after using psychoactive drugs. The findings from individual studies of the increased risk of crashing from…

This originally appeared at https://academic.oup.com/clinchem/advance-article/doi/10.1093/clinchem/hvad054/7179849 Robert L Fitzgerald, Anya Umlauf, Jacqueline A Hubbard, Melissa A Hoffman, Philip M Sobolesky, Shannon E Ellis, David J Grelotti, Raymond T Suhandynata, Marilyn A Huestis, Igor Grant … Show more 25 May 2023 Clinical Chemistry, https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/hvad054 Abstract Background Cannabis is increasingly used both medically and recreationally. With widespread use,…