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The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is collaborating with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) to conduct a study in which participants will smoke THC or placebo and then drive an automobile along a test track in Sacramento. A trained law enforcement officer will subsequently evaluate them for impairment. Click HERE to learn more about the study.

Drs. Robert Fitzgerald and Thomas Marcotte recently published an article in Clinical Chemistry on cannabis and driving. They demonstrated that there was no correlation between THC concentrations in biofluids and driving performance. The study also examined the impact of adding toxicology results to field sobriety test evaluations as a way of improving the accuracy of driving under the influence determinations.

Click HERE to read the full article in Clinical Chemistry.

Click HERE to listen to Clinical Chemistry's podcast interview with Drs. Fitzgerald and Marcotte.

University of California cannabis research centers:

UC San Diego, Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research

UC Irvine Center for the Study of Cannabis

UC Riverside Center for Cannabinoid Research

UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids

UC Berkeley Cannabis Research Center

UC Davis Cannabis and Hemp Research Center

Research centers outside of California:

Institute of Cannabis Research, Colorado State University Pueblo

Center for Cannabis Policy, Research, and Outreach, Washington State University

Cannabis Education & Research Program, University of Washington

Global Hemp Innovation Center, Oregon State University

Consortium for Medical Marijuana Clinical Outcomes Research, University of Florida

The Johns Hopkins University Cannabis Science Lab

Medical Cannabis Research Center, Drexel University

Medical Marijuana Academic Clinical Research Center, Pennsylvania State University

Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University of Sydney, Australia

Research Centre for Cannabis, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

The Centre for Medicinal Cannabis, United Kingdom

Other resources:

Systematically Testing the Evidence of Marijuana (STEM)

Association of Cannabis Research Centers

Investigator resources:

DEA Proposed Rulemaking on Rescheduling Marijuana (May 21, 2024)

NIH Categorical Spending by Research Area

DEA Registration to Manufacture Marijuana for Supply to Researchers

DEA-Approved Bulk Manufacturer Cannabis Growers

FDA Cannabis and Cannabis-Derived Compounds: Quality Considerations for Clinical Research Guidance for Industry

California Department of Cannabis Control

Research Advisory Panel of California

UC Office of the President Guidance for Researchers

Meetings of Interest:

*Note that CMCR is not involved in planning the content of these meetings

International Cannabis Research Society (ICRS) Symposium

Cannabis Research Conference, Institute of Cannabis Research, CSU Pueblo & Oregon State University

Society of Cannabis Clinicians, Medical Cannabis Conference

Research Society on Marijuana Annual Meeting 

In December 2022, the bipartisan Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act sponsored by Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR) was signed into US law. This legislation removes barriers for researchers studying medical marijuana and its health impacts, ensures an adequate supply of research-grade marijuana, and promotes the development of FDA-approved drugs derived from CBD and marijuana.  Read the full text of the law here.