Impairment testing lags behind state cannabis legalization
NY employers, law enforcement rely on observation to tell who is under the influence of pot
Rebekah F. Ward
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1of6Marijuana plants are pictured at the Baker s marijuana nursery at Baker Medical Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2020, in Oklahoma City. When voters in conservative Oklahoma approved medical marijuana in 2018, many thought the rollout would be ploddingly slow and burdened with bureaucracy. Instead, business is booming so much cannabis industry workers and entrepreneurs are moving to Oklahoma from states with more well-established pot cultures, like California, Colorado and Oregon. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)AP Photo/Sue OgrockiShow MoreShow Less
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Investigators with the University of Sydneyâs Lambert Initiative for Cannabinoid Therapeutics believe they have taken hold of a slippery proposition around THC: Does detection equate to impairment?
Determining the precise amount of time someone is impaired after inhaling or orally ingesting weed does not come down to a specific number â given that response is individual â but researchers believe it may come down to a range.
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If you ask 50 different people how long the effects of cannabis last, you re likely to get 50 different answers. This can be a problem for figuring out how long a patient using the drug for medical purposes is going to remain impaired.