ArticleAddiction (Abingdon, England)2026
Is toke cheap? Correspondence between cannabis demand and purchase in the laboratory.
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- The use of behavioral economic demand in human abuse potential assessment: A review and recommendations for future testing.Experimental and clinical psychopharmacology · 2026Article
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aimsThe typical Marijuana Purchase Task (MPT) assesses hypothetical demand (i.e. relative reinforcing value) for cannabis across escalating prices. Cannabis demand has been related to use frequency, craving, cannabis use disorder symptoms and cue-exposure response, among other outcomes. This study assessed MPT performance for hypothetical consumption in relation to in vivo behavior in the laboratory wherein rewards were actualized.
methodsIndividuals endorsing cannabis use at least twice weekly (n = 92) participated in a laboratory cannabis self-administration study. Participants completed MPTs for Hypothetical and Actual cannabis. One trial (i.e. amount purchased at specified price) was randomly selected from the Actual MPT and participants with non-zero value trials (n = 81) were permitted to smoke up to that amount during a 1-hour session in the laboratory.
resultsBivariate Pearson correlations demonstrated that cannabis consumption preferences were highly similar across the Hypothetical and Actual MPT at the price (rs = 0.45-0.81) and index (rs = 0.46-0.81) level. However, mean O
conclusionsHigh correspondence between Hypothetical and Actual Marijuana Purchase Task (MPT) performance in a laboratory setting suggests that hypothetical versions of the MPT may be broadly valid measures of cannabis demand. The robust relationship between anticipated consumption and actual cannabis quantity smoked in the laboratory suggests individual self-report accurately predicts subsequent self-administration, further supporting the construct validity of hypothetical MPTs.
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