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Study: Consumers Infrequently Combine Marijuana And Alcohol
Marijuana consumers do not typically use cannabis and alcohol in combination with one another, regardless of whether they are consuming cannabis for medicinal or social purposes, according to data...
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Study: Alcohol, Tobacco Typically Precede Marijuana Use
Alcohol is typically the first substance consumed by individuals who report polydrug use later in life, according to data published this month in The Journal of School Health. Researchers from Texas...
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Study: Cannabis’ Influence On Driving Performance Differs Significantly From...
Cannabis-influenced driving performance is significantly different from alcohol-induced driving behavior, according to driving simulator data published in the Journal of Applied Toxicology....
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President Obama Says Marijuana Should Be Treated Like Alcohol
In a just published “exit interview” with Rolling Stone Magazine, President Barack Obama opined that marijuana use should be treated as a public-health issue, not a criminal matter, and called the...
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Study: Alcohol Use, But Not Cannabis, Associated With Changes In Brain Structure
Alcohol consumption is associated with negative changes in gray matter volume and in white matter integrity, while cannabis use is not, according to data published online ahead of print in the journal...
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Study: Alcohol Sales Fall Following Cannabis Legalization
Sales of alcoholic beverages decline following the enactment of medical marijuana access laws, according to a working paper authored by a team of researchers from the University of Connecticut and...
View ArticleStudy: Veterans Often Substitute Medical Cannabis for Alcohol, Prescription...
Military veterans who participate in a state’s medical marijuana access program frequently report substituting cannabis for alcohol and other controlled substances, according to data published in The...
View ArticleSurvey: Most Americans Say Marijuana Possesses Less Abuse Potential Than Alcohol
“The results show that the majority of U.S. consumers perceive cannabis (as CBD, hemp, marijuana, and THC) as having medical uses and view the potential for abuse of cannabis as less than for commonly...
View ArticleStudy: Cannabis Use Associated with Reduced Alcohol Intake Among...
“Across the sample, individuals drank approximately 29 percent fewer drinks and were 2.06 times less likely to have a binge-drinking episode on days that cannabis was used compared with days cannabis...
View ArticleStudy: Young Adults’ Consumption of Alcohol, Cigarettes, Other Substances...
Investigators reported, “Contrary to concerns about spillover effects, implementation of legalized non-medical cannabis coincided with decreases in alcohol and cigarette use and pain reliever misuse.”...
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