Citation

Brown B, Adams AJ, Haegerstrom-Portnoy G, Jones RT, Flom MC. Percept. Psychophys. 1975; 18(6): 441-446.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1975, Psychonomic Society, Publisher Springer-Nature)

DOI

10.3758/BF03204118

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Alcohol and marijuana produce significant dose-related reductions in dynamic visual acuity. Ten subjects participated in a double-blind experiment involving three dose levels of each drug (including placebo). The reduction of DVA produced by alcohol (1.0 ml 95% ethanol/kg body weight) was greater than for marijuana (15 mg Δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol), and we suggest that this difference was produced by differential oculomotor effects of the two drugs. We have speculated that reduction in DVA under alcohol may be a contributing factor in alcohol-related traffic accidents. © 1975 Psychonomic Society, Inc.

Keywords: Cannabis impaired driving; DUID; Ethanol impaired driving

Language: en

Keywords

human; alcohol; cannabis; dronabinol; controlled study; normal human; dose response; clinical trial; inhalational drug administration; theoretical study; adverse drug reaction; drug comparison; oral drug administration; visual acuity