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Brown University researchers run joint-and-drink study to find alcohol consumption falls after smoking cannabis

Archived version: https://archive.is/newest/https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/nov/19/california-sober-marijuana-alcohol-study


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[–] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 hours ago

Explains why Jack Daniels wants it banned in Tennessee.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

No. Shit.

🤦🏼‍♂️

[–] ryathal@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 hour ago

GLP-1s like ozempic also reduce drinking, which is likely a bigger problem for liquor companies.

[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Alcohol companies used to (still do?) be part of the lobbying effort to keep weed illegal. They've known for a long time.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

IIRC, RJ Reynolds has had a copyright for a cannabis cigarette package design, "Camel Blues", since the late 70s. Hmm...

[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Anecdotally, weed is hard to dose I go from a subclinical dose to a wicked depressive hangover spanning multiple days with weed whereas alcohol just keeps me feeling bad for a day. There’s also a lot of focus on making 1000mg gummies that you can have 1/10th of instead of a steady .1mg per gummie that you can have 50 of. It doesn’t replace a beer socially, yet.

But I’m interested in what’s developing in research as far as quality and reliable dosage and most importantly the type of high. There’s a lot of variables and I hope that the research can happen because some people react so positively to it.

[–] karashta@piefed.social 4 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

Something to keep in mind with edibles is that they will hit harder if you eat them with any fat in your stomach. So I like to eat some cheese after eating mine to give it a boost.

You might be doing something similar if you're finding your dosage feeling off.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago

Fat-soluble is exactly why pectin+pedialyte+multivitamin+water = urine luck. 🤌🏼

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Brownies and Cookies make more sense. But are perishable. 🤔 I never really considered that.

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 27 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It worked for me. I rarely touch alcohol these days, as it is so debilitating. A THC gummy or two puts me in a social mood for the whole evening.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

They make THC patches which give you a nice, steady [2]-[3] for a solid eight hours.

[–] SatansMaggotyCumFart@piefed.world 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I get nice THC suppositories.

[–] TheFrirish@jlai.lu 2 points 59 minutes ago

So those maggots can also get high, nice.

[–] rafoix@lemmy.zip 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Every alcoholic I know used weed to curb their drinking.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 3 points 4 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 6 points 4 hours ago

Its at least worth a try

[–] Hazmatastic@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Used to hit the bar every Friday. Now I have a bottle and a half of wine gathering dust in my fridge. I opened the half bottle a month ago.

Tbh nowadays, weed makes me feel good and alcohol makes me feel hot, sweaty, and sleepy. Maybe im just getting old though

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 1 points 26 minutes ago

Might want to sniff, then taste if safe, and see if you have a half-bottle of vinegar for salad dressing.

[–] sausager@lemmy.world 3 points 3 hours ago

"It's bombshell news that legal experts are calling, 'Duh.'"

No shit, it's hard enough to get off the couch, let alone go find or buy more alcohol. Personally alcohol taints the high so I never mix them anyway.

[–] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

Booze is good in certain settings. Like going out to the bar (obviously) and hanging with multiple people. Getting high is just better in general for regular use. Near zero hangover and it's actually helping your body instead of poisoning it.

I wouldn't trade my college drinking days for weed, drinking has it's place. But weed is simply overall better.