Neuroscience of Marijuana Impaired Driving

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Marijuana is one of the most widely used substances. However, marijuana intoxication is not fully understood in relation to driving. This study will help the investigators learn more about the potential impairments related to marijuana intoxicated driving. A combination of MRI and neuropsychological tests (which are computer and paper/pencil tasks) will be used to measure intoxication and impairment. This study will also assess levels of marijuana in blood and saliva samples. This study takes place in Hartford, Connecticut.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Yale University
• Collaborators: Hartford Hospital; Maastricht University; Montana State University; National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); The Mind Research Network
• Treatments: Dronabinol

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Must have a current driver's license

• Have used marijuana before

• Right handed

Exclusion Criteria:

• Females who are pregnant or breast feeding

• Unable or unsafe to have an MRI

• Any serious medical, or neurological disorder

• Any psychiatric disorder

• No major head traumas