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Intervening to Prevent Youth Access to Marijuana Phase II

Award Information
Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
Branch: National Institutes of Health
Contract: 2R44DA038933-02
Agency Tracking Number: R44DA038933
Amount: $1,562,474.00
Phase: Phase II
Program: SBIR
Solicitation Topic Code: NIDA
Solicitation Number: PA16-287
Timeline
Solicitation Year: 2016
Award Year: 2016
Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): 2016-06-01
Award End Date (Contract End Date): 2019-05-31
Small Business Information
1667 COLE BLVD STE 225
Golden, CO 80401-3313
United States
DUNS: 117936042
HUBZone Owned: No
Woman Owned: Yes
Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No
Principal Investigator
 DAVID BULLER
 (303) 565-4340
 dbuller@kleinbuendel.com
Business Contact
 MARY BULLER
Phone: (303) 565-4330
Email: mbuller@kleinbuendel.com
Research Institution
N/A
Abstract

DESCRIPTION provided by applicant The legalization of marijuana in Alaska Colorado Oregon and Washington is the most dramatic change in U S substance abuse policy since the end of Prohibition These states are implementing regulatory and enforcement systems for the retail sales of recreational marijuana to adults years or older akin to state controls on the sale of alcohol In the U S Department of Justice DOJ issued directives that it would monitor whether these states implemented strong and effective regulatory and enforcement systems that among other DOJ priorities prevented distribution of marijuana to youth A retail sales intervention that has been effective at reducing illegal alcohol sales to minors and intoxicated patrons is alcoholic beverage server training or Responsible Beverage Service training RBS Recently Colorado enacted a law for incentivized responsible marijuana vendor RMV training Oregon will require RMV training and Washington proposes to incentivize it In SBIR Phase I research our team established the feasibility of creating and evaluating an online RMV training by a exploring the concept content of RMV with owners managers and clerks in retail outlets and state and local regulators and enforcement officials b examining under age sales with owners managers clerks and underage individuals c developing and evaluating a prototype RMV training Way To Tend in an outline and storyboards and by programming one module with retail outlet personnel and local officials d identifying licensed marijuana retail outlets eligible for a randomized trial and e estimating current refusal rates of sales of marijuana to minors with a pseudo patron PP buyer assessment An Expert Advisory Board EAB comprised of state and local regulators licensed retail cannabis sellers and experts in responsible beverage service from these states confirmed the feasibility of the Way To Tend training In this SBIR Phase II application we propose to produce the Way To Tend responsible marijuana vendor RMV training presenting retail marijuana sales laws methods for preventing sales to minors i e ID checking and preventing third party sales the health effects of marijuana e g driving under the influence fetal exposure dosing and safe storage and rules of the trade e g tracking and safety procedures and sales to intoxicated patrons and conduct a randomized trial of Way To Tend in a sample of retail marijuana outlets in Colorado Oregon and Washington against control outlets who receive usual and customary UC training and examine Way To Tendandapos s impact on RMV outcomes refusals to PP without apparently valid IDs The long term objectives of the SBIR research are urgently needed and extremely significant as increased drug availability is linked to marijuana initiation The proposed research will have a very large impact Our effective RMV training by a third party not the cannabis industry will be a first of its kind for a highly uniqe circumstance the first legal U S retail marijuana markets The commercial potential for Way To Tend is untapped and potentially very large for the market is poised to grow tremendously as more states consider legalization of marijuana

PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE The legalization of marijuana use and sales in Alaska Colorado Oregon and Washington is a dramatic change in U S substance abuse policy that places a priority on developing regulatory and enforcement systems that prevent distribution of marijuana to minors Responsible marijuana vendor training modeled after effective responsible alcoholic beverage training has the potential to help the states prevent distribution to minors This research will produce a responsible marijuana vendor training provided by a third party not the cannabis industry and test its effectiveness with retail licensees and employees in Colorado Oregon and Washington

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