BACKGROUND: Based at the University of California San Diego, the CMRC was established 1999 to promote research and education in the field of Cannabis.  The CMRC focuses on public safety, DUI, roadside testing, basic research, and education. 

“The CMCR was established pursuant to California Senate Bill 847. The legislation called for a program overseeing objective, high quality medical research that would "enhance understanding of the efficacy and adverse effects of marijuana as a pharmacological agent". This included conducting clinical and pre-clinical studies of cannabinoids, including smoked marijuana, to provide evidence whether marijuana has therapeutic value”.

DESIGN: The presentations include simultaneous audio and video and are self-paced with the opportunity to back-track or review. Presentations are of high quality, understandable graphics and fully referenced

Educational Modules include:

• Exploring the Entourage: The Therapeutic Potential of Minor Cannabinoids, Terpenes, and Flavonoids.
• Driving under the influence of cannabis: Impact of combining toxicology testing with field sobriety tests.
• Evaluation of FSTs  (sic: Field Sobriety Tests) for identifying drivers under the influence of cannabis.
• Cannabis legislation signed into US law.
• The impact of cannabis on public health.
• Delta-8 THC panel discussion.
• Large CMCR study published in JAMA Psychiatry provides insights into performance and safety perception issues regarding cannabis and driving.
• Cannabis & Driving: JAMA Psychiatry podcast - Dr. Tom Marcotte - January 2022.
• KPBS discusses Delta-8 THC with CMCR's Kyle Boyar.
• Why doesn't a test to check for marijuana impairment exist?
• The effect of inhaled cannabis on intraocular pressure in healthy adult subjects (publication).
• Daily cannabis use is associated with lower CNS inflammation in people with HIV (publication).
• UC San Diego study looks at marijuana use against migraines.
• New High for Migraine Treatment? Trial Looks at Effectiveness of THC, CBD.
• Translational studies of cannabis administration, cognition, and the endocannabinoid system in HIV.
• Effects of CBD on blood pressure and substrate metabolism during metabolic syndrome
• Analgesic, appetite-stimulating, and subjective effects of cannabigerol administered alone and in combination with delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol
• MANY MORE INCLUDING GRAND ROUNDS RECORDINGS

EVALUATION/RECOMMENDATIONS: The CMCR program does not offer a “BASICS” course.  However, the site is reviewed and recommended based upon high quality of the faculty and information provided.  The program is best suited for the experienced clinician and those wishing to keep “up to date” via the ongoing “Grand Rounds” program.

COST: Numerous educational video modules and direct access to research papers is provided free of charge.  There is no membership fee or charge for the educational videos.  A yearly virtual 2-day symposium is available free of charge.