Researchers at Brown University built a full-on fake bar, stocked it with participants’ favorite booze…and then handed out joints. I assure you, it was all in the name of science. The researchers were trying to figure out whether getting high makes people drink less. The answer, apparently, is yes. At least for a couple of hours.

Published in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the study found that people who smoked high-potency cannabis drank 27 percent less alcohol, while those on a weaker strain drank 19 percent less, compared to a placebo joint. Participants also waited longer to take their first drink, suggesting cannabis might slow-roll the urge to chase a buzz with another buzz. From personal experience, the two types of intoxication just don’t jibe with my brain chemistry, so I ke

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