A NEW app could make cannabis use safer by helping those who take it understand how the drug is affecting them.
Developed by researchers at the University of Chicago in the US, Am I Stoned uses a series of tasks designed to test memory, reaction time and attention – traits often impaired by cannabis use.
Still in its trial period, the app is designed to offer cannabis users a measure of how impaired the drug has made them, but is not intended to predict their ability to engage in activities, developers said.
Research team leader Harriet de Wit said the purpose of the app was to improve awareness around the drug’s impact.
“One of our long-term goals is for the app to improve the safety of cannabis use by making individual users more aware of their impairment,” she said.
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