Post by Logan on Apr 18, 2016 4:19:48 GMT -6
UC San Diego will try to develop a faster, better way to determine whether drivers are high on marijuana through a study prompted by the possibility that California voters will approve the recreational use of pot in November.
The $1.8 million project was commissioned by the Legislature, which said sobriety tests currently used by law enforcement aren’t ideal for spotting drivers impaired by marijuana.
Researchers at the university plan to use driving simulators to study people’s behavior while they’re high on pot and formulate sobriety exercises that motorists would have to pass on a hand-held device, such as an iPad.
Studies of this type are uncommon in the United States.
The federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has no accepted medical use and possesses a high potential for abuse. As a result of this categorization, scientists said it can take as long as 18 months to obtain federally sanctioned marijuana for research.
Read more: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/17/ucsd-marijuana-sobrietytest/
The $1.8 million project was commissioned by the Legislature, which said sobriety tests currently used by law enforcement aren’t ideal for spotting drivers impaired by marijuana.
Researchers at the university plan to use driving simulators to study people’s behavior while they’re high on pot and formulate sobriety exercises that motorists would have to pass on a hand-held device, such as an iPad.
Studies of this type are uncommon in the United States.
The federal government classifies marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, meaning that it has no accepted medical use and possesses a high potential for abuse. As a result of this categorization, scientists said it can take as long as 18 months to obtain federally sanctioned marijuana for research.
Read more: www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/2016/apr/17/ucsd-marijuana-sobrietytest/