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Since the beginning of the wave of recreational marijuana legalization, many young adults are drinking less but consuming cannabis more. Reduced exposure to alcohol and cautionary messages about ...
It originates with the idea that people transition away from alcohol to a "safer" alternative using cannabis-based products, according to Dr. Cara A. Poland, addiction medicine doctor at the ...
Story at a glance More U.S. adults simultaneously used cannabis and alcohol following state-level legalizations of recreational marijuana, according to new data collected between 2008 and 2019.
The Australian National Household Survey of 2001 [98] found that cannabis is rarely used in Australia without other drugs. 95% of cannabis users also drank alcohol; 26% took amphetamines; 19% took ecstasy and only 2.7% reported not having used any other drug with cannabis. [99]
Alcohol is the most widely used recreational drug in Australia. [43] 86.2% of Australians aged 12 years and over have consumed alcohol at least once in their lifetime, compared to 34.8% of Australians aged 12 years and over who have used cannabis at least once in their lifetime. [43]
A 2012 review of cannabis use and dependency in the United States by Danovitch et al said that "42% of persons over age 12 have used cannabis at least once in their lifetime, 11.5% have used within the past year, and 1.8% have met diagnostic criteria for cannabis abuse or dependence within the past year. Among individuals who have ever used ...
Marijuana is often pegged as a "classic gateway drug," he told Fox News Digital, as it can lead to cocaine, heroin and other "harder drugs" that present a greater threat to loss of life via ...
A study on maternal alcohol and other drug use has shown that integrated treatment programs have produced significant results, resulting in higher negative results on toxicology screens. [52] Additionally, brief school-based interventions have been found to be effective in reducing adolescent alcohol and cannabis use and abuse. [53]