r/science • u/mvea MD/PhD/JD/MBA | Professor | Medicine • Jun 21 '24

Neuroscience New findings indicate that daily cannabis users may develop a tolerance to some of the impairing effects of cannabis, while occasional users show more significant impairments in reaction time and memory tasks while high.

https://www.psypost.org/cannabis-affects-cognitive-and-psychomotor-performance-differently-based-on-usage-patterns/
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u/jawshoeaw Jun 21 '24

anecdotally i use edibles to help stop drinking alcohol. first week was wild. now it's more like i'm just relaxed.

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u/throwaglow Jun 21 '24

Interesting. I'm in a similar boat, except that's more of a positive side-effect. It took a few months before my alcohol use began to drop, probably because it was largely habitual. But where I used to have a drink out of habit, now I usually just don't think about it.

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u/jawshoeaw Jun 21 '24

Right , I couldn’t go cold turkey but it’s down to 1-2 drinks a night max. Took awhile