Laboratory Smoking of Marijuana "Blunts"

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2019-09-30
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This is a double-blind within-subjects clinical laboratory study comparing the product appeal and abuse liability-related subjective effects of different flavored cigar wrappers for marijuana blunts.

• Phase: Phase 1
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Battelle Memorial Institute

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Currently living in Baltimore City or Baltimore County, MD;

• Able to read, understand, and sign informed consent;

• 18-55 years old;

• Currently smokes marijuana blunts;

• Designation of Medically Healthy for Research by the Study Physician; and

• Willing to abstain from illicit drug use other than marijuana for the duration of the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• BAC > 0.020% as measured by alcohol breathalyzer;

• Meets DSM-5 criteria for severe current or lifetime Cannabis Use Disorder;

• Meets DSM-5 criteria for any current Axis I disorder, other than current mild or moderate Cannabis Use Disorder;

• Self-reported current desire to stop marijuana use;

• Self-reported current asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, hypertension, cardiovascular disease or any other medical illness that precludes participation;

• Has difficulties with blood draws or poor venous access;

• History of blood donation in the past 30 days or receiving blood products within the past 2 months prior to any experimental visit;

• Among females, current pregnancy or lactation or attempting to get pregnant, or at risk of becoming pregnant;

• Acute illness which will require participant to be rescheduled