Could Smoking Pot be the Silver Bullet against Hard Drug Abuse and Alcoholism?
It’s a good thing our criminal justice system is blindly obsessed with sending pot smokers to prison. Otherwise, we might have to spend time evaluating the utility of the ancient herb. A group of pothead academics recently did exactly that and came across an ironic finding: when substituted for other, more harmful drugs, pot becomes a helpful proxy in the struggle against substance abuse. Research published in the open access Harm Reduction Journal features a poll of 350 cannabis users, finding that 40% used cannabis to control their alcohol cravings, 66% as a replacement for prescription drugs and 26% for other, more potent, illegal drugs. Amanda Reiman, from the University of California, Berkeley, carried out the study at Berkeley Patient’s Group, a medical cannabis dispensary. She found that 65% of people reported using cannabis as a substitute because it has less adverse side effects than alcohol, illicit or prescription drugs, 34% because it has less withdrawal potential and 57.4%
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