Study funded on neurobehavioral effects of medical cannabis treatments on pain

Dr. Monica Luciana, professor of psychology, McKnight Land-Grant Professor, and colleague Dr. Angela Birnbaum, professor, Department of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology received an MDT on Addiction pilot grant to study the neurobehavioral effects of medical cannabis treatments for pain. The purpose of the pilot grant program is to fund transformative faculty research to generate preliminary data for external grant submissions.

The purpose of the study is to assess cognition, neural function, mental health, and drug exposure in chronic pain patients treated with medical cannabis and will differentiate outcomes based on the use of specific CBD-dominant vs. THC-dominate treatment products.