Increased Cannabinoids Concentrations Found in Specimens From Fatal Aviation Accidents Between 1997 and 2006

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• Creators:
  Canfield, Dennis V. ; Dubowski, Kurt M. ; Whinnery, James E. ; Lewis, Russell J. ; Ritter, Roxane M.
• Corporate Creators:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Corporate Contributors:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Office of Aerospace Medicine
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Trend (Statistics)
  • Aviation
  • Concentration (Chemistry)
  • Air transportation crashes
  • Cannabis
  • Cannabinoids
  • Potency
  • Concentration
• Publication/ Report Number:
  DOT/FAA/AM-09/12
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Aviation Administration. Office of Aviation. Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Abstract:
  The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute’s toxicology laboratory receives biological specimens from more than 90% of all fatal aviation accidents that occur in the United States and its territories. As a part of the routine analysis of pilot specimens, the laboratory tests all cases for the presence of marijuana (cannabis). The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) reported a 1.5-fold increase in the delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content of street cannabis seizures from 1997-2001 to 2002-2006.
• Content Notes:
  Work was accomplished under approved task AM-B-09-TOX-206
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/57130/dot_57130_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 909.92 KB]
• Collection(s):
  FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:0f9ab38b8db75a1ed80f09fcc18b8d9e04bc4546d82be76bd39b2e6faa0f6971