Getting High Makes You Drink Less? Science Says Yes

https://www.vice.com/en/article/getting-high-makes-you-drink-less-science-says-yes/

Published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the study found that people who smoked high-potency cannabis drank 27 percent less alcohol, while those on a weaker strain drank 19 percent less, compared to a placebo joint. Participants also waited longer to take their first drink, suggesting cannabis might slow-roll the urge to chase a buzz with another buzz.

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lurch@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 277d (1 reply)

sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 276d

Man, my friends riffed on that song so much.

Diddlydee@feddit.uk · 8 pts · 277d (3 replies)

Nah. I mix. Weed first, then a few beers.

Harvey656@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 277d

People who do this sicken me.

Why do i have to get unholy levels of sick, its bs. I wanna mix too.

mtpender@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 274d (1 reply)

Remember: "Beer before Grass, you're on your arse. Grass before beer and you're in the clear."

remon@ani.social · 1 pts · 274d

Never made any difference for me.

HotDog7@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 276d

Back before any states legalized, I remember seeing Anheuser-Busch lobbying hard against it. They knew any step towards legal marijuana would threaten their top dog status.

shalafi@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 276d

Works for this functioning alcoholic. Couple of puffs and I put the beer down.

Gerudo@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 277d

Drastically cut mine. Still enjoy a mix every now and then

Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 277d (2 replies)

Weed Doesn't Care About Your Science

Icytrees@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 276d (1 reply)

But science cares about weed.

Bonus@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 276d

Weed talks about science constantly if we're being honest really

thenoirwolfess@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 277d

High on weed? Maybe. High on speed? Absolutely not. That made me spend 2 days drinking several pints of water an hour because I felt dried up.

Juice@midwest.social · 1 pts · 275d

This used to work for me but I started a new adhd medication and now I binge drink. Have to probably quit drinking, and the only way I can consume thc is tinctures