Behavioral Economic Analysis of Demand for Marijuana

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2021-05-24
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This laboratory study will employ a multi-session experimental design to examine the behavioral economic demand for marijuana, by studying effect of marijuana administration (High THC) on demand for marijuana, and marijuana smoking topography. The study will recruit 100 non-treatment seeking marijuana users who smoke marijuana at least twice weekly.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Brown University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• marijuana use at least 8 times in the past month on average and at least monthly for the past 6 months

• English-speaking

• negative urine toxicology screen for drugs other than marijuana

• non-treatment seeking

• purchase of marijuana at least twice in the past 6 months to confirm familiarity with the construct to be measured

Exclusion Criteria:

• positive pregnancy test

• nursing

• inability to use contraception during the study

• poor physical health

• positive breath alcohol concentration

• diagnosis of a current affective disorder, psychosis, and panic disorder

• self-report of past serious adverse reaction to marijuana

• current psychotropic drug use

• smoking more than 20 tobacco cigarettes per day

• inability to abstain from marijuana for 15 hours

• body mass index outside 18.5-30 kg/m2 range