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The NFL has awarded CMCR researchers funding to conduct a randomized, double-blind clinical trial that will assess the therapeutic efficacy of cannabis on soft tissue injuries of professional rugby players.

Read UC San Diego's News Center press release Later hit: Does cannabis ease pain, speed recovery in injured athletes?

Further media coverage

February 8, 2022 - San Diego Union Tribune - NFL gives UC San Diego $500K to study whether cannabis helps athletes manage pain

February 3, 2022 - NBC San Diego - Why the NFL gave UC San Diego half a million dollars to study cannabis as a treatment for injuries

February 2, 2022 - KPBS - NFL awards $1 million to fund cannabis pain research, including at UCSD

February 2, 2022 - ABC 10News - UCSD chosen by NFL for pain management and cannabis study

February 1, 2022 - AP News - NFL awards $1 million for 2 studies on cannabinoids effects

February 1, 2022 - National Football League - NFL awards $1 million to study impact of cannabis and CBD on pain management

In the largest study of its kind - 191 regular cannabis users who smoked as they “would at home to get high” - published in JAMA Psychiatry, this CMCR randomized trial examined the magnitude and time course of driving impairments due to acute cannabis use, and whether different THC content levels in cigarettes affect driving performance. The authors also report on whether a person’s use history and the development of behavioral tolerance results in less of a driving decrement, as well as whether users are accurate in self-evaluating whether they are safe to drive.

Link to the publication in JAMA Psychiatry and listen to a discussion with the authors below.

Read UC San Diego's News Center press release "Flowered steering: How well do drivers fare after smoking cannabis?" here.

Read UC San Diego Guardian's article "UCSD Health studies cannabis consumption on driving ability" here

Read a comment in Psychology Today entitled, "Self-perception doesn't predict readiness to drive after cannabis use" here

Read The New York Times' article "Is driving high as dangerous as driving drunk?" here

Dennis Thompson, US News & World Report, February 1, 2022 Thomas Marcotte, PhD discusses findings from the recently published article "Driving performance and cannabis users' perception of safety" in JAMA Psychiatry. Read the article in US News & World Report here.