Health and Fitness

Study: Cannabis Is A ‘Potential Exit Drug To Problematic Substance Use’

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 21, 2012.

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by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director  

Three quarters of medical cannabis consumers report using it as a substitute for prescription drugs, alcohol, or some other illicit substance, according to survey data published in the journal Addiction Research and Theory.

An international team of investigators from Canada and the United States assessed the subjective impact of marijuana on the use of licit and illicit substances via self-report in a cohort of 404…

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