Status:
COMPLETED
Comparison Between Marijuana Smoked in Cigarette Paper Versus Cigar Paper
Lead Sponsor:
New York State Psychiatric Institute
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Conditions:
Marijuana Dependence
Eligibility:
All Genders
21-45 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether or not marijuana blunts will produce comparable plasma THC levels as marijuana joints and if blunts will produce larger cardiovascular and subjectiv...
Detailed Description
There has been a rapid increase in marijuana use during the 1990s, with the most recent generation often smoking marijuana in the form of 'blunts' as opposed to more traditional routes such as in pipe...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Current blunt marijuana use (minimum of twice/week) drug screen
- 21-45 years of age
- Practicing an effective form of birth control (condoms, diaphragm, birth control pill, IUD)
Exclusion
- Current, repeated illicit drug use(excluding marijuana)
- Heavy cigarette use (\> 10 cigarettes/day)
- 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
- 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
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2004
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
35 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00374127
Start Date
December 1 2004
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
September 1 2017
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New York State Psychiatric Institute
New York, New York, United States, 10032