Background: Whether alcohol and cannabis are used as substitutes or complements
remains debated, and findings across various disciplines have not been synthesized to date …

Background: Whether alcohol and cannabis complement or substitute each other has been
studied for over two decades. In the changing cannabis policy landscape, debates are …

PURPOSE The purpose of this review is to discuss the literature regarding the concurrent
use (co-use) of alcohol and cannabis and competing hypotheses as to whether cannabis …

Background Simultaneous cannabis/alcohol use, using both substances within a short time
interval so that their effects overlap, has a greater risk of potential negative consequences …

Background Prompted by the ongoing debate regarding whether cannabis serves as a
complement to or substitute for alcohol, this study uses prospective data to examine daily …

Aims: Substituting cannabis for alcohol may reduce drinking and related problems among
alcohol-dependent individuals. Some even recommend prescribing medical cannabis to …

Background Substitution can be operationalized as the conscious choice to use one drug
(legal or illicit) instead of, or in conjunction with, another due to issues such as: perceived …

Background Cannabis is the most commonly used drug among those who drink, yet no
study has directly compared those who use cannabis and alcohol simultaneously versus …

PURPOSE The liberalization of cannabis policies has the potential to affect the use of other
substances and the harms from using them, particularly alcohol. Although a previous review …

Background: This article examines the subjective impact of medical cannabis on the use of
both licit and illicit substances via self-report from 404 medical cannabis patients recruited …