Perspective: Pseudoscience and the Detection of Marijuana-Based Impairment-We Can and Must Do Better.

IF 2.4 3区医学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY

Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs Pub Date : 2024-11-26 DOI:10.15288/jsad.24-00307

William J McNichol

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Abstract

Existing tools for making workplace and roadside determinations of marijuana-based impairment are inadequate. They either merely imitate tools used to identify alcohol- based impairment without taking into account important differences between these molecules, or they are pseudoscientific "police science." Legalization of marijuana use must be accompanied by urgent efforts and dedicated funding for the development and implementation of practical, accurate, and objective methods for on-the-spot determination of whether a person is dangerously impaired by marijuana.

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透视：伪科学与大麻损害的检测--我们能够也必须做得更好。

现有的在工作场所和路边对大麻造成的损害进行判定的工具是不够的。这些工具要么只是模仿用于识别酒精损伤的工具，而没有考虑到这些分子之间的重要差异，要么就是伪科学的 "警察科学"。在大麻使用合法化的同时，必须立即努力并提供专项资金，以开发和实施实用、准确和客观的方法，用于现场确定一个人是否受到大麻的危险损害。

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Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs 医学-心理学

CiteScore

4.80

自引率

5.90%

发文量

224

审稿时长

3 months

期刊介绍： The Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs began in 1940 as the Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol. It was founded by Howard W. Haggard, M.D., director of Yale University’s Laboratory of Applied Physiology. Dr. Haggard was a physiologist studying the effects of alcohol on the body, and he started the Journal as a way to publish the increasing amount of research on alcohol use, abuse, and treatment that emerged from Yale and other institutions in the years following the repeal of Prohibition in 1933. In addition to original research, the Journal also published abstracts summarizing other published documents dealing with alcohol. At Yale, Dr. Haggard built a large team of alcohol researchers within the Laboratory of Applied Physiology—including E.M. Jellinek, who became managing editor of the Journal in 1941. In 1943, to bring together the various alcohol research projects conducted by the Laboratory, Dr. Haggard formed the Section of Studies on Alcohol, which also became home to the Journal and its editorial staff. In 1950, the Section was renamed the Center of Alcohol Studies.