Effects of Smoked Marijuana on Risk Taking and Decision Making Tasks

Completed · Phase 1 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Marijuana Use Disorder

In brief

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of smoked marijuana on both risk taking and decision making tasks.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00373399

Run by

New York State Psychiatric Institute

People needed

36

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2008-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-12-19

Who can join

Age: 21 and older, up to 45. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Current marijuana use
• 21-45 years of age
• Practicing an effective form of birth control
• Not seeking treatment for marijuana use

You may not qualify if…

• Current, repeated illicit drug use other than marijuana
• Presence of significant medical illness (e.g., diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension)
• Laboratory tests outside normal limits that are clinically unacceptable to the study physician (BP > 140/90; hematocrit < 34 for women, < 36 for men)
• Significant adverse reaction to marijuana
• Current parole or probation
• Pregnancy or current lactation
• Recent history of significant violent behavior
• Major current Axis I psychopathology (e.g., mood disorder with functional impairment or suicide risk, anxiety disorder, schizophrenia
• History of heart disease
• Current use of any over-the-counter or prescription medication from which the volunteer cannot be withdrawn

Where it is running

• New York State Psychiatric Institute — New York, New York, United States

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