Evidence map›Paper›PMID 32437193›Full record

ReviewExperimental and clinical psychopharmacology2021

The importance of psychology for shaping legal cannabis regulation.

Jacob T Borodovsky, Michael J Sofis, Richard A Grucza, Alan J Budney

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
8citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Characterizing cannabis use reduction and change in functioning during treatment: Initial steps on the path to new clinical endpoints.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2022
    Trial
  2. Article
  3. Artificial Intelligence Approximates Human Affect Ratings of Cannabis Images.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
    Article
  4. Developing an online cannabis store paradigm for Cannabis Regulatory Science.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Cannabis use and cannabis use disorder.Nature reviews. Disease primers · 2021
    Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Jacob T BorodovskyDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.ORCID 0000-0001-7112-5677
Michael J SofisCenter for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine.
Richard A GruczaDepartment of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.ORCID 0000-0002-8191-6875
Alan J BudneyCenter for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth Geisel School of Medicine.

Funding

Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3M
Treatment Development & Evaluation CoreP30DA029926 · NIDA · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Lisa A. Marsch · 2011 to 2026
$21.5M
Training in the Science of Co-Occurring DisordersT32DA037202 · NIDA · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Lisa A. Marsch · 2014 to 2026
$4.7M
CANNABIS, DEPRESSION AND SUICIDAL THOUGHTS AND BEHAVIORSR01DA040411 · NIDA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI AGRAWAL, ARPANA, GRUCZA, RICHARD A · 2015 to 2017
$1.1M
USING TEMPORAL VARIATION IN RISK BEHAVIOR TO UNDERSTAND TRENDS IN ADOLESCENT ALCOHOL MISUSER21AA025689 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GRUCZA, RICHARD A · 2018 to 2019
$416k
Assessing the Contribution of Alcohol and Psychotropic Medication Use to Upward US Injury and Poisoning TrendsF32AA027941 · NIAAA · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI BORODOVSKY, JACOB T · 2019 to 2020
$94k
NCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NIAAA NIH HHS F32 AA027941NIAAA NIH HHS R21 AA025689NIDA NIH HHS P30 DA029926NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA040411NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA037202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Different patterns of cannabis use can be traced directly back to different interactions between 2 types of variables: pharmacological and environmental. As legal cannabis expands in the U.S. and around the world, state and national regulatory agencies are gaining control over these variables. Specifically, regulatory agencies are increasingly capable of altering (a) the pharmacological properties of cannabis products and (b) the way these products are distributed to the population. Consequently, cannabis regulatory agencies are in a unique position to use evidence from psychological science to alter cannabis consumption patterns in ways that mitigate potential harm to public health. However, most state-level legal cannabis regulatory systems in the U.S. are not yet evidence-based or public health-oriented. This applied review and commentary draws on evidence from the psychological science literature to help regulators better understand the types of behaviors they must address and guide empirically supported regulation of THC-laden cannabis, whether used putatively for medical or recreational reasons. This review is organized into 3 parts that correspond to the 3 primary agents within the cannabis regulation ecosystem: (a) the cannabis consumer, (b) the cannabis industry, and (c) the cannabis regulatory agency. Within this structure, the review addresses critical psychological variables that drive cannabis consumer and industry behaviors and discusses how regulatory agencies can use this information to protect public health. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Indexed as

AnalgesicsCannabisEcosystemHallucinogensHumansMarijuana UsePublic HealthUnited StatesAnalgesicsHallucinogens

Identifiers

PMID32437193
PMCPMC7679279

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceTDM
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.