{"id":3719,"date":"2023-08-29T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T23:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/victorian-government-to-trial-the-impacts-of-medicinal-cannabis-use-on-driving-hmm-but-who-is-overseeing-the-trial-and-outcomes-will-emerge\/"},"modified":"2023-08-29T09:52:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T23:52:32","slug":"victorian-government-to-trial-the-impacts-of-medicinal-cannabis-use-on-driving-hmm-but-who-is-overseeing-the-trial-and-outcomes-will-emerge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dalgarnoinstitute.org.au\/wp_site\/victorian-government-to-trial-the-impacts-of-medicinal-cannabis-use-on-driving-hmm-but-who-is-overseeing-the-trial-and-outcomes-will-emerge\/","title":{"rendered":"Victorian government to trial the impacts of medicinal cannabis use on driving \u2013 Hmmm, but who is overseeing the trial, and what outcomes will emerge?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Channel 7 released news on State governments Cannabis and Driving Trials\u2026\u201cIt is currently illegal for residents to drive while under the influence of THC, the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana.<\/p>\n

Victorian<\/a> medicinal cannabis users will be put through a closed-track trial to see when it\u2019s safe for them to get behind the wheel.<\/a> The 18-month trial will look at the level of impairment medicinal cannabis can cause.<\/p>\n

It will not take place on public roads to ensure there\u2019s no safety risk to participants or members of the public, a government spokeswoman said.  Victorian<\/a> medicinal cannabis users will be put through a closed-track trial to see when it\u2019s safe for them to get behind the wheel.<\/a> The 18-month trial will look at the level of impairment medicinal cannabis can cause.<\/p>\n

It will not take place on public roads to ensure there\u2019s no safety risk to participants or members of the public, a government spokeswoman said. \u201cSafety on our roads is our No.1 priority,\u201d the statement read. \u201cThis trial will give us more data about when medicinal cannabis patients can safely drive on the road.\u201d (source: 7NEWS<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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So, another trial? But why?  Extensive research has been done globally on this issue around THC and driving impairment, and pretty much all of it uncovers what we intuitively know, that is DOES! Ah, but there was some \u2018outliers\u2019 and one such \u2018study\u2019 was from a Melbourne based University. A group commissioned by pro-cannabis legalisation groups to conduct a study. <\/p>\n

Not unsurprisingly, the findings in this study were far more \u2018agnostic\u2019 and even producing a finding that THC and driving wasn\u2019t really a problem \u2013 for \u2018medical users\u2019 of course!<\/p>\n

We here at People Against Drink and Drug Driving will be interested to see where this \u2018study\u2019 will land – in agreement with the current research or contra to it?<\/p>\n

See also <\/p>\n