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Another federally funded study is suggesting that marijuana legalization may be linked to a “substitution effect,” with young adults in California “significantly” reducing their use of alcohol and cigarettes after the cannabis reform was enacted. What’s more, the research appeared to contradict prohibitionist arguments about the potential impact of legalization, as the data also revealed […]
“The study, which was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, also found that changes in the use of illicit and prescription drugs “did not significantly differ” between pre-legalization and post-legalization cohorts, which the researchers said is “notable since some critics predicted that AUL would lead to increased other drug use” via the so-called “gateway theory.”
