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A new study from Italy has confirmed that smoking hemp with a low THC concentration is unable to get you high or impair your cognitive function – even if there is THC in your body.
Published in the journal Forensic Science International, the study tested the effects of low-THC cannabis on a group of young adults who occasionally use cannabis. Low-THC cannabis (i.e. hemp) is generally not considered psychoactive when consumed, as it contains low amounts of cannabis’s primary psychoactive cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).
Despite this, the recreational smoking of hemp is still illegal in many places, including Australia.
In the study, researchers had 18 participants (11 males and 7 females) smoke three 400 mg hemp cigarettes. Each cigarette had a THC concentration of 0.41%per 1.64 mg of cigarette and a CBD concentration of 12.41% per 49.64 mg of cigarette.
After participants had finished smoking, researchers took their blood at intervals one and two hours later. Using this blood, researchers were able to detect THC in the participant’s blood. Researchers also tested participants’ reaction times, task tracking ability, decision-making, and general cognitive functioning through a handful of tasks.
Despite participants having THC in their blood, however, researchers noted that they did not show any signs of impairment. This led researchers to write in the study’s conclusion that hemp is “not capable” of impairing a person. They refer to hemp as “light cannabis” as this is how it is classified in Italy.
Read full article https://www.ponderingpot.com.au/international/italian-study-confirms-australias-cannabis-driving-laws-are-rubbish/
