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Does Cannabis Affect Your Driving? University Of Colorado Researchers Find Out
Tuesday, July 30, 2024 - 7:01pm | 589Researchers at the School of Public Health at the University of Colorado’s Anschutz Medical Campus are looking into the effects of cannabis on driving performance. This study, spanning two years, recruited more than 200 participants aged between 25 and 55 to understand the multifaceted...
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Germany Sets THC Limits For Drivers, Opposition Groups Say It's Too High
Friday, June 7, 2024 - 11:22am | 677Lawmakers in Germany have set a maximum allowed limit of THC – the psychoactive substance found in the cannabis plant – for drivers to have in the blood. The Bundestag, the country’s lower house of parliament, introduced this week a limit of 3.5 nanograms per milliliter. As DW...
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GOP Lawmakers Rally Behind Cannabis Social Equity Licenses In Arizona, Nation's Strictest Medical Marijuana Law And More
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 - 4:00pm | 1032South Carolina’s Medical Marijuana Policy That Raised Eyebrows Up For Debate South Carolina lawmakers are pushing for medical cannabis policy reform yet again. However, this time around, a measure green-lighted by the state Senate last month is viewed by many as the "most restrictive cannabis...
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Biden Admin Official Denies Cannabis Shift Rumors, Gen-Zers Say They Can Drive Stoned, FLA Caps Weed Strength & More Updates
Wednesday, February 7, 2024 - 10:23am | 1059Biden Administration Official Denies Rumor That DEA Is Rescheduling Cannabis Anytime Soon Adrian Snead, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office and member of the firm’s Government & Regulatory Affairs and Litigation Practice Groups, who also worked with SAFER Banking sponsor Sen. Jeff...
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New Bill Seeks To Set THC Limit For DUI In Kentucky As Debate Over Weed Decriminalization Heats Up
Thursday, January 18, 2024 - 12:03pm | 514As Governor Andy Beshear (D) pushes to expand medical marijuana access in Kentucky with an additional 15 conditions for which it can be dispensed, state lawmakers are seeking to keep the commonwealth’s laws unchanged through new policy changes. Beshear signed Senate Bill 47 into law, making...
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Boost Your Wine Quality With Hemp, Cannabis Users In A Driving Trial And Other Global Updates
Wednesday, October 18, 2023 - 8:16am | 704Victoria Cannabis Users To Participate In Driving Trial Under new laws introduced to the Victorian parliament the week in Australia, medical cannabis users could participate in a trial evaluating the influence of marijuana on their road skills. As part of this trial, they would be allowed to...
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Cannabis Impairment & Driving: Are Field Sobriety Tests Accurate?
Thursday, August 3, 2023 - 1:59pm | 599Numerous studies have shown the effects of cannabis on driving performance, and the overwhelming consensus is that it impairs driving ability. Research suggests that drivers under the influence of cannabis demonstrate a decreased ability to maintain a steady speed, maintain proper lane positions...
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Light Up A Joint And Get Behind The Wheel: Help California Police Study Impairment And Driving
Monday, July 10, 2023 - 9:29am | 854The California Department of Motor Vehicles wants to know more about what goes on when people drive while stoned. To that end, it is conducting a study to be overseen by researchers at UC San Diego's Center for Medical Cannabis Research, writes CBS...