Estimating risk of cannabis use disorder using standard THC units with Rachel Lees Thorne and Tom Freeman

S4E5 - Estimating risk of cannabis use disorder using standard THC units with Rachel Lees Thorne and Tom Freeman

Published: February 13, 2026

Duration: 16:32

In this episode, Dr Elle Wadsworth talks to Dr Rachel Lees Thorne, a postdoctoral research associate and Professor Tom Freeman, a professor of psychology, both from the Addiction and Mental Health Group at the University of Bath, UK. The interview covers Rachel and Tom’s research article estimating thresholds for risk of cannabis use disorder using standard delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) units

What are standard THC units [01:25]The importance of using THC units to estimate thresholds for risk of cannabis use disorder [02:59]How people who use cannabis can use standard THC units [03:46] The CannTeen study [04:51]Why the authors focused on...