The largest study of its kind in the United Kingdom (UK) is struggling to have enough diverse participants in the London area sign up for its analysis on the various biological and social influences of cannabis on the brain (1). Cannabis and Me, which first began seeking participants in late 2022, currently has over 2200 participants already signed up and is looking for several more thousand in total (1,2). “The study will use a combination of DNA genetic and epigenetics testing, psychological and cognitive analysis, and virtual reality to understand the link between a user’s biological makeup and the effect cannabis has on them,” stated the King’s College website (2). “In particular, the study will aim to identify the environmental (e.g. “We will end up with findings that only represent the white population and they won’t be generalisable to black British people who therefore won’t be able to benefit from any advances our study leads to,” (1).

Source: The Guardian October 12, 2023 01:13 UTC