LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Researchers at the University of Kentucky launched a study Wednesday that will examine how marijuana can help someone going through opioid withdrawal.
It's just one of several studies going on at the UK Cannabis Center, created by Kentucky House Bill 604 in 2022 to research the health impacts of marijuana.
Researchers will gather individuals who use marijuana and opioids between the ages of 18 and 50 who are not physically dependent on opioids. The inpatient study will be conducted at the UK Hospital over a 4- to 5-week period.
Leaders said participants of the study will be given vaporized marijuana and intranasal opioids both individually and together to determine their impact on their mood and body.
The study is not a treatment study, so it's not for those who want to quit using opioids or marijuana.
To learn more about the study, click here. To learn more about the UK Cannabis Center at the university's School of Medicine, click here.
Medical marijuana becomes legal in Kentucky on Jan. 1. Kentucky's Medical Cannabis Program will hold a lottery drawing on Monday to select businesses for cultivators and processors. A cultivator grows and cures medical cannabis, while a processor turns the raw material into usable products like edibles.
Hundreds of license applications for cultivators and processors were submitted, but only 16 cultivators and 10 processors will be chosen through the lottery.
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