r/Marijuana • u/nrverma • 1d ago
Cannabis Consumers Frequently Reduce or Eliminate Alcohol Use
https://norml.org/news/2026/10/15/survey-consumers-frequently-report-reducing-or-eliminating-their-alcohol-intake-by-using-cannabis/?link_id=24&can_id=25c79bb316e87be48ce47042b7689cbc&source=email-norml-news-of-the-week-10152026-2&email_referrer=email_3452560&email_subject=norml-news-of-the-week-10152026&&42
u/secondarycontrol 15h ago
Weed does what alcohol promises to do. Or at least the promises of alcohol's marketing team: Makes me happy, comfortable, clever and agreeably social - takes care of my social anxiety. All without destroying my liver, adding 3000 calories or giving me a brain crushing hangover.
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u/LonkerinaOfTime 6h ago
Not just your liver, it destroys everything single organ in your body. From your skin, to the innermost parts.
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u/ParrotheadTink 13h ago
I’m on team weed. Alcohol messes me up. Weed smooths me out. I’m old. Still have a stockpile of liquor in my pantry and no desire to drink it.
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u/Fabulous_Volume7831 20h ago
Yeah I’m on Day 5 without. That is the longest I’ve went without in probably 2 months. Sometimes I forget I’m not drunk and just high and it’s the most liberating feeling. I can still do school work, i can do anything! (Except drive).
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u/Mcozy333 10h ago
Year 8 or 9 here ... I gacve up drinking at night when I hurt my shouler years back ... no work no money no booze then realized how much cannabis works for me and just ingest cannabis / cannabinoids instead of alcohol now . if my tiny petty brain has any alcohol desire I reach willingly for a cannabinoid instead ... I ingest up to 15 different cannabinioids a day Every DAY!!
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u/IamVerySmawt 17h ago
Still drink but it eliminated my desire for alcohol Lost 30 lbs. Now how do I quit weed?
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u/Degenerate9Mage7 12h ago
Ever heard of mushrooms? /s
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u/Bud72 14h ago
Yup, currently reducing/basically eliminating alcohol from my life after drinking (heavily at times) for decades.
Probably won’t quit completely but I barely drink anymore. Due to the punishing after-effects of drinking, cannabis has basically replaced my appetite for an alcohol buzz.
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u/Bluntforcetrauma11b 14h ago
I started smoking weed at 14 and never had a strong pull to alcohol. First time I drank was essentially my last.
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u/OriginalBroccoli3719 13h ago
And this is exactly why our paid-off legislators work so hard to keep it illegal and spread misinformation. Who will help those poor good ole boys protect their alcohol profits?! s/
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u/pmaster2003 12h ago
Alcohol is a carcinogen, it is bad for you. No matter what amount you drink. It’s fucks up everything, weed makes things settled. Better for your body, our bodies produce our own cannabinoids. It’s natural and treats more things then prescriptions. Drop the liquor and smoke some weed, mushrooms are even better. Worst thing I do is go for the fridge, then sleep. Alcohol does more damage to you then good. You’ve all been lied to, since you were born. The world is not what you think it is. Figure it out and you’ll see why and how things are the way they are. Good luck 👍
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u/Mcozy333 10h ago
"smoking " destroys a lot of the medical compounds ... eating the plant raw is the True medicines
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u/Applesauc3r 11h ago
Boycotting big alcohol until they lose enough profits and force through weed legalization
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u/trashleybanks 8h ago
Can confirm. I was never a heavy drinker, maybe social at best. Now I don’t desire it at all.
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u/Mcozy333 11h ago
I would recommend to people back in the day who are dealing with drug tests and " people looking for THC in them" to drink red wine at night to chill out .... the people just wanted to ingest a cannabinoid and the law said / Says no F;ng way
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u/anusblunts 15h ago
Because alcohol sucks