The center of the downtown campus on March 24, 2021.
As CBD products become more widespread, Toni Marie Rudisill, an assistant research professor in West Virginia University s School of Public Health, is seeking students to participate in a study that will test how CBD impacts driving performance.
Rudisill is investigating how medications and drugs affect driving performance. âMy end goal as an injury epidemiologist, I want people to live long, healthy, productive lives,â Rudisill said.
The driving simulation study is being led by Rudisill and funded by the West Virginia Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
40 participants will be randomized into groups that will either receive a placebo or 300 milligrams of CBD oil. Researchers will then assess driving performance along with cognitive tests.
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Tuesday, May 25, 2021
The market for CBD oil has grown faster than scientists’ knowledge of its effects. Toni Rudisill a researcher with the WVU School of Public Health is recruiting participants for a study into how CBD oil influences driving ability. Participants will take either CBD oil or a placebo before using a driving simulator. Rudisill and her colleagues will see if driving performance differs significantly between the two groups. (WVU Photo/Morgan Goff) Download full-size
People have been driving under the influence of alcohol since before the first person crank-started a Ford Model T. But CBD oil didn’t become a concern until years after people began driving the Tesla Model X.