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Cannabis use and driving-related performance

Link: 
Cannabis use and driving-related performance in young recreational users: a within-subject randomized clinical trial [1]
Article Date: 
Sunday, July 1, 2018
Sunday, January 20, 2019

Tags:

  • Canada [2]
  • Research [3]
  • study [4]
  • driving [5]
  • youth [6]

We found that among young recreational cannabis users, a regular dose of cannabis had no effect on simple and learned tasks, but its use led to significant impairments on complex and novel driving-related tasks, as well as perceived driving ability and safety, for up to 5 hours after use. The present finding that the first 5 hours after cannabis use affected driving-related performance substantiates the recommendations of Canada’s Lower-Risk Cannabis Use Guidelines, which recommend waiting 6 hours after cannabis use before driving.30 [7]
 

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[1] http://cmajopen.ca/content/6/4/E453.full.pdf+html
[2] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/canada
[3] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/research
[4] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/study-0
[5] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/driving
[6] http://rethinkpot.org/tags/youth
[7] http://cmajopen.ca/content/6/4/E453.full#ref-30