“Expanding harm reduction strategies by integrating cannabis substitution could provide individuals with greater choice in managing their alcohol use and increased access to tailored interventions may enhance autonomy, stability, and empowerment, ultimately reducing alcohol-related harms.”
“It is time for politicians and others to stop assessing cannabis through the lens of ‘what we don’t know’ and instead start engaging in evidence-based discussions about marijuana and marijuana reform policies that are indicative of all that we do know.”
Cannabis consumers are facing unprecedented threats. It’s enough to make you lose your appetite this Thanksgiving.
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“These findings provide support for the idea that legal cannabis can serve as substitute for alcohol among certain individuals, and that legal cannabis markets may, in some instances, disrupt alcohol-dominant marketplaces.”
The overwhelming majority of those arrested were charged with low-level marijuana possession — not cultivation, trafficking, or sales.
NORML’s Deputy Director Paul Armentano called the Justice Department’s policy change “inappropriate and misguided. … Most Americans say that consuming cannabis should no longer be a crime; they certainly don’t want federal resources directed toward these misplaced priorities.”
It’s high time we end this cruel prohibition.