The Deeply Unchill Things That Happened When I Tried to Quit Weed
This article originally appeared at https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xz83x/the-deeply-unchill-things-that-happened-when-i-tried-to-quit-weed One cliché that I know about is that “things change in an instant.” Another cliché that I know about is that clichés are true. Three Saturdays ago, I spent the entire day in bed, constantly packing bowls of weed, compulsorily smoking them, and watching increasingly bleak and uninteresting TV […]
Marijuana and Alcohol Evidence Using Border Analysis and Retail Sales Data
This article originally appeared at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3063288 39 Pages Posted: 2 Nov 2017 Last revised: 25 Aug 2018 Michele Baggio University of Connecticut – Department of Economics Alberto Chong Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Department of Economics; Institute for Corruption Studies Sungoh Kwon University of Connecticut Date Written: August 23, 2018 Abstract We use retail […]
Alcohol substitution during one month of cannabis abstinence among non-treatment seeking youth
This article originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33309538/ Authors: Randi Melissa Schuster 1 , Kevin Potter 2 , Erin Lamberth 2 , Natali Rychik 2 , Maya Hareli 3 , Sophia Allen 2 , Hannah C Broos 4 , Audrey Mustoe 2 , Jodi M Gilman 5 , Gladys Pachas 2 , A Eden Evins 5 Abstract Objective. Cannabis and alcohol use are correlated behaviors among youth. […]
Can Cannabis be Considered a Substitute Medication for Alcohol?
This article originally appeared at https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24402247/ Author: Meenakshi Sabina Subbaraman* Alcohol Research Group, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA *Corresponding author: Alcohol Research Group, 6475 Christie Ave, Suite 400, Emeryville, CA 94608, USA. Tel.: +1-510-597-3440; Fax: +1-510-985-6459; E-mail: [email protected](Received 3 July 2013; first review notified 12 August 2012; in revised form 3 December 2013; accepted 6 December […]
Cannabis as a substitute for alcohol and other drugs
This article originally appeared at https://harmreductionjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1477-7517-6-35 Author Amanda Reiman1 Harm Reduction Journal volume 6, Article number: 35 (2009) Abstract Background Substitution can be operationalized as the conscious choice to use one drug (legal or illicit) instead of, or in conjunction with, another due to issues such as: perceived safety; level of addiction potential; effectiveness in relieving symptoms; access […]
Meet the “California sober” set
This article originally appeared at https://www.salon.com/2023/01/15/what-does-it-mean-to-be-california-sober/ This month, as many folks attempt to ditch alcohol for “Dry January,” some are picking up cannabis as a replacement. In some circles, skipping booze for weed is a lifestyle colloquially known as going “California sober,” a reflection of the lax attitudes around pot that abound in the Golden […]
Comparative risk assessment of alcohol, tobacco, cannabis and other illicit drugs using the margin of exposure approach
This article originally appeared at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4311234/ Abstract A comparative risk assessment of drugs including alcohol and tobacco using the margin of exposure (MOE) approach was conducted. The MOE is defined as ratio between toxicological threshold (benchmark dose) and estimated human intake. Median lethal dose values from animal experiments were used to derive the benchmark dose. […]
How Do You Know if You’re Addicted to Weed?
This article originally appeared at https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/10/well/mind/weed-addiction.html By Dana G. Smith Smoking weed had always been a social activity for Julian. He first tried cannabis in high school, and as an adult he would smoke a couple of times a month with friends. But things changed after he moved to a new city where he didn’t […]
High potency cannabis use, mental health symptoms and cannabis dependence: Triangulating the evidence
This article originally appeared at https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306460323001351?via%253Dihub Highlights Preferring high potency cannabis was associated with risk of cannabis dependence.Further triangulation with THC concentration did not support these results. Evidence for an association between high potency cannabis use and other mental health symptoms is mixed. Improved methodology is needed to assess cannabis use in research. Abstract Cannabis […]
Drug Use is Not the Same as Addiction
This article originally appeared at https://volteface.me/drug-use-is-not-the-same-as-addiction/ Conflating drug use with addiction causes a wide variety of issues. Years of fear-mongering and moralizing regarding drug use, particularly in the US but also across the Atlantic in the UK and Europe, have given the general public a skewed view of many drugs. Medical benefits of substances are […]
