Cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug, which makes it difficult to study in the United States. Because of these restrictions, researchers still don’t fully understand how cannabis affects the body.
The Department of Cannabis Control Academic Research Grants Program is funded by cannabis tax revenue with the goal of expanding knowledge about cannabis and the impacts of legalization. We support studies on public health, criminal justice and public safety, economic impacts, environmental impacts, and the cannabis industry.
Learn how to apply for a cannabis research grant.
What we’re studying
Topics funded by the Academic Research Grants Program include:
- Cannabinoids
- Cultivation (licensed and unlicensed)
- Other stuff
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2025
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California State University, Long Beach
- Impacts of Housing and Community-Based Education on Cannabis Use
San Diego State University
- Pesticide and Allergen Exposure Among Cannabis Workers: An Occupational Health Study
University of California, Berkeley
- Agricultural Exceptionalism: A Comparison of Cannabis, Hemp, and Specialty Crop Regulatory Regimes
- Assessing the Environmental Benefits of Cannabis Licensure
- Cannabis Crop Yields: Survey & Remote Sensing
University of California, Davis
- Effects of additives and contaminants on the public health implications of cannabis vaping
- Pathways to Partnership with the Tribal Cannabis Market
- School educational approaches to prevent and reduce youth cannabis use
University of California, Irvine
- Cannabis-use in Older adults: Prevalence & Provider Education Initiative (COPPE)
University of California, Los Angeles
- Cannabinoid Therapeutics: Synthesis, Binding, Safety, and Computations
- Characterization of Naturally Occurring Organoleptic Compounds for Inhalable Cannabis Regulation
- Characterizing unregulated cannabis markets in California post-legalization: a drug checking, ethnographic, and policy study
- Immediate and long-term cardiovascular effects of smoked and oral cannabis: A controlled human drug-administration study
University of California, Riverside
- Licit and Illicit Cannabis Sources: Predictors, Consequences, and Regulatory Implications
University of California, San Diego
- Cannabis Use and Product Selection Among Older Adults
- Effects of Cannabis Regulatory Policies on Young Adults in an In Vivo Simulated Dispensary
- Evaluating the Impact of Cannabis Vape Packaging and Health Warning Regulations on Young Adults
- From Community to Counter: Cannabis Retailer Training and Policy Translation in San Diego
- Impact of Marketing of Licensed and Unlicensed Cannabis on Consumer Preferences and Safety
- Price and Tax Trends and Their Effects on Cannabis Sales: Evidence from Multi-State Retail Scanner Data
University of California, San Francisco
- Cannabinoids and the brain: Focused investigations of therapeutic application and early-life risk
- Clinical pharmacology of commercially available THC-infused beverages
2022
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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- Legacy Cannabis Genetics: People and Their Plants, a Community-Driven Study
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,699,168
- Local Regulations, Market Power, and the Evolution of the CA Cannabis Industry
- Status: Completed
Amount: $444,643
University of California, Berkeley
- Hmong diasporas and cannabis: medicinal use, criminal justice consequences, and farm structure across licensed and unlicensed geographies
- Status: In progress
Amount: $630,130
- Licensed and Unlicensed Cultivation Across Ban and Permit Jurisdictions: Predictors of Growth and Total Production Estimates
- Status: Completed
Topics: cultivation, unlicensed cultivation
- Understanding Investment, Operating Pressures, and Anti-Competitive Characteristics in the Cannabis Industry
- Status: In progress
Topics: IDK YET
University of California, Davis
- Chemistry, toxicology, and brain disposition of cannabinoids, novel cannabinoids, and mixtures in electronic cigarettes
- Status: In progress
Amount: $856,881
University of California, Irvine
- A translational study on the short- and long-term effects of high-dose THC
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,000,000
University of California, Los Angeles
- Assessing the Health of California’s Cannabis Industry
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,679,972
- Cannabis use for medicinal purposes among clinical populations in California: Population estimates of prevalence, frequency, quantity and reasons for use
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,849,962
- Evaluation of Synthetic and Semi-Synthetic Cannabinoids
- Status: In progress
Amount: $2,000,000
- Interactions between delta-9-THC and CBD: A controlled human drug-administration study probing a harm reduction strategy
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,662,744
- The adverse effects of inhaled cannabis concentrates (dabs) compared to smoked cannabis: A controlled human drug-administration study of cannabis potency
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,832,997
- The State of Medical Cannabis in California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $437,465
University of California, San Diego
- Longitudinal Associations of Cannabis Use and Mental Health Among Adolescents
- Status: In progress
Amount: $270,417
- Longitudinal Outcomes related to Cannabis Potency and Toxicological Analysis and Cognitive, Brain, and Psychiatric Functioning in Young Adults Cannabis Users
- Status: In progress
Amount: $676,735
University of California, San Francisco
- Impacts of THC potency of cannabis concentrates and THC metabolism on cognitive impairment in young adults
- Status: In progress
Amount: $904,052
2020
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California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
- Cannabis Business Entrepreneurs and Jobs
- Status: Completed
Amount: $464,997
- The Economic Impact of Cannabis Legalization in Rural Northern California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $183,015
California State University, Dominguez Hills
- Cannabis Industry in South Bay, Los Angeles
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,866,311
University of California, Berkeley
- Assessing Environmental Impacts of Cannabis-related Noise and Light Disturbance to Inform Management of California Wildlife
- Status: Completed
Amount: $489,762
- Cannabis and Wildfire: Current Conditions, Future Threats, and Solutions for Farmers
- Status: Completed
Amount: $319,091
- Cannabis Bans, Local Control, and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64
- Status: Completed
Amount: $328,916
- Cannabis Water-Use Impacts to Streamflow and Temperatures in Salmon-Bearing Streams
- Status: Completed
Amount: $314,417
- Examining Tribal Sovereignty over Cannabis Permitting on Native Ancestral Lands
- Status: Completed
Amount: $465,902
- Local Regulation of Cannabis in California
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,827,596
- The Effect of Local Cannabis Regulation on Property Prices
- Status: Completed
Amount: $270,269
- Transformation of Unregulated Cannabis Cultivation Under Proposition 64
- Status: Completed
Amount: $658,306
University of California, Davis
- California Cannabis Workers: Perceptions, Beliefs, and Knowledge of Occupational Health and Industry Hazards
- Status: Completed
Amount: $144,949
- California cannabis cultivation and processing workers: A qualitative analysis of physiological exposures and health effects
- Experiences of structural violence and wage theft among immigrant workers in the California cannabis industry
- Stress, Mental Health, and Coping Among Workers in the Northern California Cannabis Industry: A Qualitative Descriptive Analysis
- Cannabis Industry: Assessment of the Location, Structure, Function, and Demographics of Licensed Cannabis, Focusing on Geographical Price Differences, and the Differential Impacts of Local Prop-64-Related Regulations on the Competitiveness of Licensed Business
- Status: Completed
Amount: $726,816
- Cannabis Market Prices in the Licensed and Unlicensed Markets and the Economic Impacts of Current and Alternative Cannabis Tax Structures and Tax Rates on the Private and Public Sectors in California, Including Government Administrative Costs and Revenues
- Status: Completed
- Understanding the Impact of Cannabis Use in Early Psychosis
- Status: Completed
University of California, Irvine
- Exploring Cannabis Policies and Practices that Influence Adolescent Use: Evolution of Local Cannabis Law, Products, Sales and Marketing
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,351,556
- Age-Gating and Marketing Differences Between Storefront and Non-Storefront Cannabis Retailers
- Cannabis Vape Product Sales in California Following CDC’s Initial Advisory About Lung Injuries
- Young adult retail purchases of cannabis, product category preferences and sales trends in California 2018-21: Differences compared with older adults
University of California, Los Angeles
- A Demographic Analysis of the California Licensed Cannabis Industry and Consumer Market
- Status: Completed
Amount: $781,707
- Cannabis in Crisis: Results from the California Cannabis Count Study IS THIS A FINAL REPORT?
- Assessing the Feasibility and Consequences of Implementing a Cannabis Potency Tax in California
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,082,815
- Assessing the Impact of Proposition 64 on Cannabis Use, Maladaptive Cannabis Use, Cannabis Use Disorder Treatment, and Public Health
- Status: Completed
Amount: $896,794
- Impact of Cannabis Potency on The Properties, Composition, and Toxicity of Inhaled and Second-Hand Smoke
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,429,001
- Study of Employment Conditions and Equity in California’s Cannabis Industry
- Status: In progress
Amount: $1,048,857
- The Impact of Cannabis Marketing on California’s Youth: Neuro-Behavioral Studies for Informing Policy
- Status: In progress
Amount: $758,517
- Understanding the Impact of Cannabis Marketing on Cannabis Use Disparities Among Sexual and Gender Minority Youth
- Status: Completed
Amount: $414,183
- Changes in sexual identity and substance use during young adulthood
- Prevalence of Nicotine and Tobacco Product Use by Sexual Identity, Gender Identity, and Sex Assigned at Birth Among Emerging Adult Tobacco Users in California, United States
- Sociodemographic differences in young adults’ recall of tobacco and cannabis marketing online and in television/film
University of California, San Diego
- Evaluating Risks and Benefits of Cannabis Use by Older Adults: A Pilot Study
- Status: In progress
Amount: $235,039
- Evaluating the Impacts of Packaging and Labeling on Cannabis Edible Use Among Youth
- Status: Completed
Amount: $987,738
- The Public Health Impact of Cannabis Legalization in California: A Comprehensive Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis by Age, Gender, Race/Ethnicity and Regions
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,321,833
- Cannabis Use in California Following Legalization of Recreational Use
- Knowledge and attitudes toward recreational cannabis legalization among California
residents: a population-matched questionnaire about Proposition 64 - Medicinal and combined medicinal/recreational cannabis use in California following the
passage of Proposition 64 - The Impact of Adult Cannabis Use Legalization in California: A Qualitative Review of
Subject Matter Expert Opinions on Proposition 64
- The Role of Cannabidiol in Anandamide-Related Improvement in
Alexithymia and Health Outcomes - Status: In progress
Amount: $887,101
University of California, San Francisco
- California Cannabis Poisonings Under Proposition 64
- Status: Completed
Amount: $962,540
- Associations of Local Cannabis Control Policies With Harmful Cannabis Exposures Reported to
the California Poison Control System - Changes in California cannabis exposures following recreational legalization and the
COVID-19 pandemic - Reported exposures to derived cannabis products in California before and after the 2018
federal reclassification of hemp
- Associations of Local Cannabis Control Policies With Harmful Cannabis Exposures Reported to
- Comprehensive Analysis of Developmental Cannabis Exposure on Brain, Immune, and Sensory Systems
- Status: Completed
Amount: $2,000,000
- Effects of Chronic Cannabis Use on Endothelial Function
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,384,466
- Public Health Impacts of State Policies Mandating Point-of-Sale Warning Signs Regarding Cannabis Use During Pregnancy
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,038,782
- The LEAF Study: Lung Effects and Function Associated with Cannabis Use
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,067,483
University of California, Santa Barbara
- Surface Water Emissions from Cannabis Cultivation Sites: Quantity, Quality, Toxicity, and Relationships to Farmer’s Practices
- Status: Completed
Amount: $1,999,191
Cannabis is a Schedule I drug, which means there are strict rules for studying it in the United States. As a result, we do not know as much as we would like about cannabis’s effects on the body.
Some of the revenue collected from cannabis taxes funds grants. This helps expand our knowledge about cannabis.
Research funded by California
The Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) funds scientific research to study the effects of adult-use cannabis legalization. This includes research about:
- Public health
- Criminal justice and public safety
- Economic impacts
- Environmental impacts
- Cannabis industry
Find out how to apply for cannabis research grants.
What we’re studying
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| Year | Status | University Name | Funding Awarded | Topics: | Summary: |
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| 2023 | In progress | Cal Poly, Humboldt | $2,699,178 | Cannabis Genetics, Preservation, Policy, Policy Evaluation |
Identifying, documenting, and preserving California’s rural legacy cannabis genetics, exploring the
impacts of criminalization and policies on legacy genetics while providing policy recommendations
for preserving the culture and genetic diversity of legacy cannabis.
2023In progressCal Poly, San Luis Obispo$444,643Regulation, Supply Chain
Analyzing local cannabis regulations in California, including investigating potential unfair
competition, estimating market power through industry interviews and data, and exploring state
policies to address non-competitive effects of market concentration.
2020In progressCSU Dominguez Hills$1,866,311Impacts of Legalization, Equity, Policy Evaluation, Economic Analysis, Criminal Justice
Assessing the impact of Proposition 64 on the South Bay region of Los Angeles, including economic
and criminal justice factors.
2020CompleteCSU Humboldt$183,015Supply Chain, Workplace Safety, Economic Analysis, Taxes, Impacts of Legalization, Policy Evaluation,
Local Control
Examining the economic impact of the cannabis industry in Del Norte, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino,
and Sonoma counties.
Economic
Impacts of the Cannabis Industry
Northern California Counties
2020CompleteCSU Humboldt$464,997Entrepreneur, Equity
Identifying success factors for cannabis entrepreneurs in California, including tools for evaluating
and promoting legal, safe, and equitable innovation.
Financial
Management in the Cannabis Industry
2023In progressUC Berkeley$630,130Cultivation, Medicinal Cannabis, Criminal JusticeInvestigating Hmong cannabis farmers in California, including exploring their medicinal cannabis uses,
cultivation practices, migrations, interactions with the criminal justice system, and capital and labor
dynamics on cannabis farms.2023In progressUC Berkeley$1,042,321
Unlicensed Cultivation, Cultivation, Policy Evaluation, Environmental Impact, Local Control
Assessing the dynamics of unlicensed cannabis production, the size of the unlicensed market and
identifying correlated policies, and evaluating the effectiveness of cultivation bans or permits in
preventing environmental harm.
2023In progressUC Berkeley$855,434Anticompetitive Practices, Ethnography, Economic Analysis
Examining unfair practices in California’s cannabis industry, looking at how investors impact small
and equity businesses, studying investment patterns, and suggesting policies to prevent unfair
behaviors.
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$314,417Environmental Impact, Water Management, Sustainability, Aquatic Species, Water Use
Assessing cannabis water-use impacts to streamflow, water temperature, and habitat quality for
aquatic species like salmon.
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$328,916Impacts of Legalization, Environmental Impact, Cannabis Bans, Policy Development, Local Control,
Economic Analysis, Law Enforcement, Public Health
Understand the reasons and effects of local cannabis bans, including their impact on law
enforcement, local economies, resources, environmental health, and resident well-being.
Cannabis
Bans, Local Control, and the Effects and Efficacy of Proposition 64
A theory
of geo-social marginalization: A case study of the licensed
cannabis industry in California
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$270,269Impacts of Legalization, Property Prices, Economic Analysis, Policy Evaluation, Local Control
Assessing the impact of local cannabis regulations on property prices, tax revenue, and economic
fairness across different types of communities in the state.
Green
Acres? Cannabis agriculture, formalization, and rural land values in Northern California
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$319,091Wildfires, Climate, Cultivation
Assessing how wildfires impact California’s cannabis farms, associated risks, and ways to make
cannabis farming more resilient to wildfires.
Wildfire
impacts and mitigation strategies
among California cannabis producers
Wildfire
smoke exposure has significant economic impacts on
California’s licensed cannabis industry
2020In progressUC Berkeley$465,902Tribal Communities, Tribal Sovereignty, Impacts of Legalization
Understanding the impact of cannabis production legalization on Tribal communities and their
sovereignty over ancestral lands.
Cannabis
Impacts on Native Lands: On the Need for Inclusion of
Native Perspectives in Extension Work
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$658,306Impact of Legalization, Ethnographics, Unregulated Market
Studying the impact of cannabis legalization on California’s unregulated cannabis market. in the
Emerald Triangle, Sierra Foothills, and Inland Empire.
Industrializing Cannabis? Socio-Ecological Implications of Legalization and Regulation in California
Transformation of Unregulated Cannabis Cultivation Under Proposition 64
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$489,762Cultivation, Environmental Impact, Wildlife
Assessing the environmental impact of noise and light disturbances from legal cannabis cultivation on
fish, wildlife, and their habitats in California.
2020CompleteUC Berkeley$1,827,596Impacts of Legalization, Environmental Impact, Cultivation, Policy Evaluation, Unlicensed Market, Local
Control
Assessing whether local government regulations on cannabis cultivation align with the objectives of
Proposition 64.
2023In progressUC Davis$856,881Vaping, Public Health, Health Impacts, Cannabinoids, Cognitive Function
Studying the chemistry, toxicology, and health impacts of cannabinoids produced by cannabis vaping
devices.
Chemical
composition of aerosols from the e-cigarette
vaping of natural and synthetic cannabinoids
2020CompleteUC Davis$144,949Occupational Health, Cannabis Workers, Immigrant Workers, Public Health
Investigating the occupational health hazards faced by cannabis workers, particularly immigrants,
including worker perceptions, beliefs, and knowledge of health and industry hazards.
2020CompleteUC Davis$1,034,730Public Health, Therapeutic Effects, Metabolic Health, Cognitive Function, Youth Impacts, Health Impacts
Exploring the public health impact of legal cannabis use in California, including the impact of
cannabis use in early psychosis.
2020CompleteUC Davis$562,240Cultivation, Environmental Impact, Testing, Policy Analysis
Evaluating the environmental impacts of cannabis cultivation in California between licensed and
unlicensed production, including the effects of testing regulations and compliance with criminal
prohibition on unlicensed cannabis.
2020CompleteUC Davis$726,816Economic Analysis, Retail Prices, Impacts of Legalization, Policy Evaluation, Local Control
Examining various economic impacts of cannabis in California, including the competitiveness of
licensed businesses, regional differences in retail prices, and the effects of local regulatory and
demographic factors on the cannabis market.
2020CompleteUC Davis$655,564Taxes, Potency, Retail Prices, Economic Analysis, Policy Evaluation
Analyzing retail market prices for licensed and unlicensed cannabis in California, including the
effects of current and alternative tax structures, on administrative costs, revenues, retail prices,
and the overall viability of the legal cannabis market in California.
2023In progressUC Irvine$2,000,000Potency, THC, Health Effects
Analyzing the effects of high-potency cannabis, focusing on THC, in both humans and laboratory
rodents, and addressing absorption, distribution, metabolism, mood, cognition, and potential
long-term health effects.
2020CompleteUC Irvine$1,351,556Adolescent Use, Economic Analysis, Youth Impacts, Impacts of Legalization, Public Health, Policy
Evaluation
Investigating how local cannabis policies impact adolescent cannabis use across California and
assessing the effectiveness of current laws in preventing underage access to cannabis marketing.
Age-Gating
and Marketing Differences Between Storefront and
Non-Storefront Cannabis Retailers
Cannabis
Vape Product Sales in California Following CDC’s
Initial Advisory About Lung Injuries
2020In progressUC Los Angeles$1,429,001Impacts of Legalization, Cannabinoids, Potency, Smoking Effects, Public Health
Exploring the impact of high-potency cannabis on human and animal health
2020In progressUC Los Angeles$781,707Impacts of Legalization, Public Health, Policy Evaluation, Socioeconomics
Assessing the impact of the Proposition 64 on racial, gender, and socioeconomic disparities related
to cannabis policies, licensing, and consumption.
Cannabis in Crisis: Results from the California Cannabis Count Study
2020In progressUC Los Angeles$758,517Youth Impacts, Policy Evaluation, Impacts of Legalization, Public Health, Advertising
Assessing the impact of cannabis marketing on California’s youth.
Characteristics
and effects of cannabis advertisements with appeal to youth
in California
2020CompleteUC Los Angeles$414,183Advertising, Youth Impacts, Impacts of Legalization
Assessing cannabis use rates among sexual and gender minority (SGM) youth, and whether said youth are
differently exposed to pro-cannabis marketing.
Changes
in sexual identity and substance use during young adulthood
2020In progressUC Los Angeles$1,082,815Potency, Taxes, Policy Evaluation
Accessing the feasibility and consequences of implementing a cannabis potency tax in California.
2020CompleteUC Los Angeles$896,794Public Health, Health Impacts, Impacts of Legalization, Youth Impacts, Substance Abuse
Studying the affect of legalization on cannabis use rates, maladaptive use rates for adults and
youth, and the rate of diagnosis of cannabis-related substance abuse disorders.
Adult
use cannabis legalization and cannabis use disorder treatment in
California, 2010-2021
2020In progressUC Los Angeles$1,048,857Occupational Health, Cannabis Workers, Public Health, Equity
Assessing employment conditions and equity in California’s cannabis industry, including worker
safety, career trajectory, and economic outcomes.
High
Stakes: The State of the California Cannabis Workforce
2023In progressUC San Diego$676,735Cannabinoid Effects, Young Adults, THC, CBD, Potency
Measuring cannabis potency and its impoacts on cognitive, brain, and psychiatric functioning in young
adult cannabis users.
2023In progressUC San Diego$240,417Adolescent Use, Long Term Effects, THC, CBD, Mental Health, Physical Health
Investigating the lifelong impact of adolescent cannabis use on mental and physical health, including
the adolescent brain and cognitive development.
2020CompleteUC San Diego$987,738Labeling, Edibles, Packaging, Youth Impacts, Policy Evaluation, Public Health
Investigating the impact of packaging and labeling on cannabis edible use among youth in California.
The
impacts of packaging on preferences for cannabis edibles: A discrete
choice experiment
2020In progressUC San Diego$887,101Public Health, Health Impacts, Medicinal Cannabis
Assessing the role of CBD in improvement of alexithymia and health outcomes.
2020CompleteUC San Diego$235,039Medicinal Cannabis, Health Impacts, Public Health
Investigating the risks and benefits of cannabis use in older adults.
2020CompleteUC San Diego$1,321,833Public Health, Survey Study, Behavioral Changes, Policy Evaluation, Impact of Legalization
Assessing the public health impact of cannabis legalization in California, including usage patterns,
reasons for use, behavioral changes, dependency, and information sources.
Cannabis
Use in California Following Legalization of
Recreational Use
2020CompleteUC San Francisco$2,000,000THC, CBD, CBG, Physiology, Cognitive Function, Brain Development, Public Health, Potency
Exploring the long-term effects of early-life exposure to cannabinoids, including THC, CBD, and CBG,
on various health outcomes like brain development, behavior, physiology, cognition, and immune
function.
2020CompleteUC San Francisco$1,067,483Lung Function, Public Health, Health Impacts
Investigating the impact of cannabis use on lung function and health by measuring cannabis
metabolites in urine.
The
Puzzle of Marijuana Use and Forced Vital Capacity
2020CompleteUC San Francisco$1,038,782Pregnancy, Public Health, Policy Evaluation, Labeling
Investigating the public health impacts of mandatory warning signs for cannabis use during pregnancy.
Pregnant
and recently pregnant people’s views on policies that punish pregnant people who use
cannabis
2020CompleteUC San Francisco$1,384,466Cardiovascular Health, Secondhand Exposure, Public Health
Assessing the impact of cannabis use and secondhand exposure on cardiovascular health.
2020CompleteUC San Francisco$962,540Impacts of Legalization, Cannabis Poisoning, Public Health, THC, Potency, Poison Control Data
Investigating the impact of acute cannabis poisonings and overdoses in California, both before and
after the implementation of Proposition 64.
Changes
in California cannabis exposures
following recreational legalization and the
COVID-19 pandemic
2020In progressUC Santa Barbara$1,999,191Environmental Impact, Sustainability, Water Quality, Pesticides, Cultivation
Assessing the environmental impact of cannabis farms in Santa Barbara County, including pesticide
residues and downstream water quality.
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$2,000,000Synthetic Cannabinoids, Legislation, Potency
Assessing synthetic and semi-synthetic cannabinoids, including potency, psychoactive effects, and
therapeutic potential.
Microbial
Biosynthesis of Rare Cannabinoids
Microbial
Biosynthesis of Rare Cannabinoids
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$1,849,962Medicinal Cannabis, Health Systems, Public Health
Examining how medicinal cannabis is used among clinical populations by analyzing data from health
systems in Los Angeles County, focusing on prevalence, patterns, dosing, types of products, modes of
use, perceived impacts on symptoms, and self-reported adverse effects.
Microbial
Biosynthesis of Rare Cannabinoids
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$1,679,972Unlicensed Cultivation, Impacts of Legalization, Economic Analysis, Policy Evaluation, Taxes
Assessing changes in the CA cannabis market from 2019 through June 2024, including projecting the
viability of general and equity cannabis businesses, the impact of the suspension of the cultivation
tax, and how to define and mesure success in the CA cannabis market.
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$437,465Medicinal Cannabis, Healthcare
Assessing the state of medicinal cannabis in California, including medicinal cannabis patient
diagnoses, cannabis preferences, and sources.
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$1,662,744THC, CBD, Health Effects, Therapeutic Outcomes, Regulation
Evaluating the interactions between THC and CBD ratios, specifically assessing their impact on
adverse effects and therapeutic outcomes to inform cannabis regulation and safety measures.
2023In progressUC Los Angeles$1,832,997THC, Health Effects, Potency, Regulations
Evaluating the immediate, short-term health effects of high concentrations of delta-9 THC in smoked
cannabis and inhaled cannabis concentrates (‘dabs’).
2023In progressUC San Francisco$904,052THC, Potency, Cognitive Impairment, Young Adults
Investigating the effects of cannabis concentrate THC potency and metabolism on cognitive impairment
in young adults, including examining correlations between THC potency, urine THC levels, and
cognitive performance.