Cannabis use has become increasingly common in Australia for medical purposes. However, do you know how Cannabis affects driving performance or how governments are currently dealing with it both domestically and internationally?
4ZZZ's Toni Pankaluic and Eliot Rifkin chatted with Dr Thomas Arkell a Research Fellow from Swinburne University of Technology’s Centre for Human Psychopharmacology about Cannabis and Driving.
For a deep dive...
Follow Tom's Linkedin profile where you'll find the latest drug driving studies going on at the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology. Read up on a on-road case study Tom conducted in the Netherlands where participants were given various types of cannabis before driving in real traffic for an hour.
Here is the Queensland Government's advice on staying safe regarding cannabis and driving. Keep in mind every state is different so consult other jurisdictions' laws when travelling outside Queensland.