A placebo-controlled study to assess standardized field sobriety tests performance during alcohol and cannabis intoxication in heavy cannabis users and accuracy of point of collection testing devices for detecting thc in oral fluid

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 223, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 439-446

  Bosker, W M ^a   Theunissen, E L ^a   Conen, S ^a   Kuypers, K P C ^a   Jeffery, W K ^b   Walls, H C ^c   Kauert, G F ^d   Toennes, S W ^d   Moeller, M R ^e   Ramaekers, J G ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Forensic Alcohol and Drug Expert (FADE)   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Cannabinoids Ned; Drug; Drug abuse; DUID; Oral fluid; SFST; Tetrahydrocannabinol; THC

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; DRONABINOL; PLACEBO;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION; ARTICLE; CANNABIS INTOXICATION; CANNABIS SMOKING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INTOXICATION; LABORATORY DEVICE; MALE; NYSTAGMUS; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA ANALYSIS; SALIVA LEVEL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZED FIELD SOBRIETY TEST; STANDING;

ALCOHOLIC INTOXICATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHANOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SALIVA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866734959     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-012-2732-y     Document Type: Article

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