The acute effects of cannabis with Will Lawn
Addiction Audio5 Huhti 2023

The acute effects of cannabis with Will Lawn

Rob talks to Dr Will Lawn about his research into the acute effects of cannabis on young people and adults. Will talks about setting up a study looking at young people and adults’ experiences of using cannabis with different levels of cannabidiol. He talks about the challenges of blinding participants to different types of cannabis; about how to manage the placebo effect when participants can become quickly aware of whether they have or have not had cannabis and the challenges of running a trial involving a controlled drug.


He discusses the study’s findings that suggest that teenagers respond similarly to adults in the acute stages of cannabis use and experience the same short-term harms as adults.


He also talks about the importance of selecting the best episode of The Simpsons for an academic study.


“In the last four to five years there’s been a swing towards thinking CBD doesn’t really moderate the impact of THC at these kind of 1 to 30mg dose levels”


Dr Will Lawn is a Lecturer at King’s College London Psychology Department


Original article: ‘The acute effects of cannabis with and without cannabidiol in adults and adolescents: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover experiment by Will Lawn and colleagues. Published in Addiction (2023)

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jaksot(112)

Contingency management with Gabriela Khazanov, James, McKay and Richard Rawson

Contingency management with Gabriela Khazanov, James, McKay and Richard Rawson

In this episode, Ben Scher talks to Dr Gabriela Khazanov, Professor James McKay and Professor Richard Rawson. They discuss what contingency management is and how effective it can be in treatment setti...

17 Huhti 202427min

Xylazine, heroin and drug markets with Caroline Copeland

Xylazine, heroin and drug markets with Caroline Copeland

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Dr Caroline Copeland about her work analysing drug death data to identify drug use trends, harms and to inform policy. Caroline talks about how xylazine first entere...

9 Huhti 202420min

Synthetic opioid production in Europe with Paul Griffiths

Synthetic opioid production in Europe with Paul Griffiths

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Paul Griffiths about synthetic drug production in Europe including the differences between lab-made substances and diverted medical drugs. They discuss orga...

4 Huhti 202433min

Alcohol-free drinks in the US with Molly Bowdring

Alcohol-free drinks in the US with Molly Bowdring

In this episode Dr Merve Mollaahmetoglu talks to Dr Molly Bowdring about her recent article on the impact of alcohol-free drinks such as zero-percent beers, wines and mocktails. Molly talks about usin...

26 Helmi 202417min

Gambling advertising with Philip Newall

Gambling advertising with Philip Newall

In this episode, Rob Calder talks to Dr Philip Newall about how the gambling industry frames the evidence on gambling advertising. Philip talks about researching the kinds of bets that are commonly ad...

8 Helmi 202432min

Addiction and definitions with Robert West

Addiction and definitions with Robert West

In this episode Zoe Swithenbank talks to Professor Robert West about his work on ontologies within addictions. Robert begins by summarising the definitions and constructions that relate to addiction, ...

19 Joulu 202318min

Nitrous oxide, addiction and substance use disorder with Sammie Back and Emese Kroon

Nitrous oxide, addiction and substance use disorder with Sammie Back and Emese Kroon

In this episode Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Sammie Back and Emese Kroon about nitrous oxide. The discussion happened on 8 November 2023, on the day that possession of nitrous oxide became a Class C sub...

12 Joulu 202324min

Pregnancy and opioids with Jerry Cochran

Pregnancy and opioids with Jerry Cochran

In this episode Ben Scher talks to Professor Gerald (Jerry) Cochran about his article based on a randomized multisite pilot trial investigating the impact of Patient Navigation. Jerry begins by descri...

5 Joulu 202320min

Suosittua kategoriassa Tiede

rss-mita-tulisi-tietaa
rss-poliisin-mieli
rss-lihavuudesta-podcast
rss-duodecim-lehti
utelias-mieli
tiedekulma-podcast
docemilia
rss-tervetta-skeptisyytta
mielipaivakirja
rss-ylistys-elaimille
koodikahvit
menologeja-tutkimusmatka-vaihdevuosiin
rss-ranskaa-raakana
rss-metsa
rss-luontopodi-samuel-glassar-tutkii-luonnon-ihmeita