California Cannabis Research Briefing, April 2023: Meeting Summary

Margarete C Kulik; Youn Ok Lee; Van Butsic; Timmen L Cermak; Ziva D Cooper; Dominic Corva; Thomas D Marcotte; Dilara K Üsküp; Tracy Richmond McKnight; Agnes Balla

doi:10.1089/can.2024.0074

California Cannabis Research Briefing, April 2023: Meeting Summary

Cannabis Cannabinoid Res. 2024 May 7. doi: 10.1089/can.2024.0074. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Margarete C Kulik¹, Youn Ok Lee¹, Van Butsic², Timmen L Cermak^{3

4}, Ziva D Cooper^{5

6}, Dominic Corva^{7

8}, Thomas D Marcotte^{9

10}, Dilara K Üsküp^{11

12}, Tracy Richmond McKnight¹, Agnes Balla¹³

Affiliations

¹ Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, Research Grants Programs Office, University of California Office of the President, Oakland, California, USA.
² Department of Environmental Science, Policy, & Management, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, USA.
³ California Society of Addiction Medicine, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁴ Private Practice, General & Addiction Psychiatry, San Francisco, California, USA.
⁵ Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁶ UCLA Center for Cannabis and Cannabinoids, University of California, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁷ Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, California, USA.
⁸ Department of Sociology, Cannabis Studies Program Lead, Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, California, USA.
⁹ Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, USA.
¹¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Charles R. Drew University, Los Angeles, California, USA.
¹² Department of Family Medicine, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, California, USA.
¹³ Research Policy Analysis and Coordination, University of California Office of the President, Oakland, California, USA.

PMID: 38717853
DOI: 10.1089/can.2024.0074

Abstract

On April 28, 2023, the University of California Office of the President, in partnership with the California Department of Cannabis Control (DCC), hosted the California Cannabis Research Briefing. The California Cannabis Research Briefing brought together researchers and state agencies/policymakers to discuss pertinent policy issues on cannabis within the state. Researchers across six different topic areas (environment, cannabis markets, social equity matters, public health, medicinal cannabis use, and public safety) provided brief explanations of their research and its policy implications. A moderated discussion with stakeholders followed these presentations. The goals of this event were to highlight research that can inform policy issues relevant to the state, and to discuss how research can be incorporated into the cannabis policy landscape.

Keywords: THC; University of California; cannabis; meeting; policy.