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ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2021

Cannabis and Driving.

Godfrey D Pearlson, Michael C Stevens, Deepak Cyril D'Souza

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Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
26citing papers in PubMed
8.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

26 citing papers in PubMed, 62 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Intoxication due to Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol is characterized by disrupted prefrontal cortex activity.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2024
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  6. Cannabis use frequency and driving safety: Associations between cannabis use frequency and driving perceptions and behaviors.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2026
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  13. Cannabis, cannabinoids and health: a review of evidence on risks and medical benefits.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2025
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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

3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Godfrey D PearlsonDepartment of Psychiatry, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Healthcare Corporation, Hartford, CT, United States.
Michael C StevensDepartment of Psychiatry, Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, Institute of Living, Hartford Healthcare Corporation, Hartford, CT, United States.
Deepak Cyril D'SouzaDepartment of Psychiatry, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
Yale University · USHartford Financial Services (United States)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As more states in the U.S legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis, rates of driving under the influence of this drug are increasing significantly. Aspects of this emerging public health issue potentially pit science against public policy. The authors believe that the legal cart is currently significantly ahead of the scientific horse. Issues such as detection procedures for cannabis-impaired drivers, and use of blood THC levels to gauge impairment, should rely heavily on current scientific knowledge. However, there are many, often unacknowledged research gaps in these and related areas, that need to be addressed in order provide a more coherent basis for public policies. This review focuses especially on those areas. In this article we review in a focused manner, current information linking cannabis to motor vehicle accidents and examine patterns of cannabis-impairment of driving related behaviors, their time courses, relationship to cannabis dose and THC blood levels, and compare cannabis and alcohol-impaired driving patterns directly. This review also delves into questions of alcohol-cannabis combinations and addresses the basis for of

Indexed as

cannabinoidscannabis usedriving impairmentmotor vehicle drivingpublic healthroadside testingTHC

Identifiers

PMID34630173
PMCPMC8499672
OpenAlexW3204204512

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