The California sober lifestyle just got another point in its favor. A new study published in the American Journal of Psychiatry found that smoking weed can help people consume less alcohol–at least in the short term.

Here’s how it went down:

To evaluate whether weed can help people drink less booze, researchers gathered 157 adults aged 21-44, who reported heavy alcohol use and cannabis use two or more times per week. For three days, participants hung out in a cozy simulated bar and received randomized cannabis cigarettes with either 7.2% THC, 3.1% THC, or 0.03% THC (placebo). Then, researchers exposed them to neutral and personalized alcohol cues.

The researchers presented participants with a tray offering their preferred boozy drink or a small cash payment for each drink declined. Hope

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