UK adults are ditching alcohol for cannabis and psychedelics, report finds

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1. Shortsighted here by UK adults. Why not have all three?

2. Don’t drink or Smoke,

   It is absolutely baffling that we haven’t legalised Cannabis in this country.

   The government will continue to bury their head in the sand, whilst spending fortunes on trying to enforce the “war on drugs” and allowing further fortunes to be funneled into the black market.

   When instead they could legalise, tax and regulate

3. Those are cheaper than alcohol, plus I’m reliably informed. it’s much better than being drunk.

   It’s how you consume the cannabis that matters.

4. That report doesn’t find what the headline says it finds. It reveals that people who are already using psychedelics and weed are drinking less than they used to, not that more adults are smoking weed.

   I do maintain that there’d be less domestic violence if everyone took shrooms before the big match today instead of drinking, but perhaps shrooms would put the boring nature of football into harsh reality, whereas booze helps you hide it in the background

5. My life is immensely better after cannabis and it’s a crime it hasn’t been legalised

6. Hardly surprising when you can’t afford to be an alcoholic any more.

7. No, we’re not! Alcohol is far superior for treating my depression.

8. Never actually tried psychedelics because I’ve heard in some cases it can worsen anxiety.

   Definitely noticed more people I know just having a casual smoke at home rather than going out for a drink, but that could just be because the price of going out is going up.

9. LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, DMT, 2C-b, MDMA > Cannabis > Alcohol.

10. Anyone with their finger on the pulse of the general public would know this like the skin on the back of their hand. Chalk it up to our glacial pace of legal reform.

    It’s enough to make you want a revolution just so we can throw the stupid shit about the magna carta and the Domesday book out the window and start with something appropriate to a modern legal system.

11. Alcohol can be fun, but its priced itself out the market when a few $/£ for a pill or tab you can have a great night without a hangover and there are mental health benefits to many psychedelics.

12. Have you seen how much a pint of beer costs? Drugs are cheaper

13. “Smoked” a bit of weed as a teenager, used to make me sick and never felt anything because I seemingly wasn’t smoking it properly.

    Been drinking now for nearly 25 years (not continuously), I know how I get depending on what I drink. I don’t drink as much now because any amount makes me feel rough the day after. 

    Smoked some weed at a mate’s house using his vapourisor a couple of years and got properly high. It was fantastic, we had a proper laugh and I had the best sleep I’ve ever had, and I don’t struggle to sleep. It was like a mega sleep. Would do it again. 

14. I mean I can eat a good macrodose of mushrooms and enjoy a massive mood uplift, a delicious body high, increased sociability, decreased anxiety, enhanced creativity and a deeper sense of connection to myself and those around me, as well as a mild enhancement of colour, a deeper appreciatetion of music and a profound sense of wonder at nature. And wake up the next day feeling AMAZING after a beautiful sleep. 

    Or I can get drunk, maybe have a fun if somewhat predictable evening, collapse into bed to pass out, have a terrible “sleep” and wake up the next day feeling like absolute shit, unable to remember large parts of the previous night and with a big dent in my wallet to boot. 

    I’ll take the mushrooms.

15. Cool I’ll still stick to drinking a glass of Whiskey and having Cigarettes. Tried Weed before and never liked it.

16. I’ve never tried Psychedelics because they scare me too much. The thought of not being in control. Cannabis instantly drops any stress that I have, but it also seems to lower my blood pressure far too much and I feel really horrendous with extreme vertigo and loss of balance and then all I can do is crawl to bed and try and sleep it off. Alcohol though there’s nothing good about that drug, it has caused me so many problems and yet I will go back to it time and time again. I’m not surprised many people are giving up alcohol, there’s nothing good about it. Higher risk of serious diseases such as Cancer, higher risk of causing you social problems from drinking alcohol. Would alcohol be legalised now if it was a new drug on the market? I think not.

    I am in favour of giving up the war on drugs, because the drugs won the war on drugs if we’re being brutally honest. There has to be a better way.

17. I’m a medical cannabis patient in the U.K. and an advocate for legalisation across the board.

    But….

    This study was run by a group called High and Dry which was created and controlled by the website that published the story. The research group KAM is used by pubs and alcohol brands to back their brands.

    Untrustworthy to say the least.

18. How does one go about getting cannabis? Asking for a friend.

19. I went to NYC last week where cannabis is legalised. Stores have a license similar to having an alcohol license here in the uk.

    I don’t really understand why it can’t be done here. It’s one of the few ways we could consider gaining tax revenue without increasing anybody’s income tax. It could also theoretically help people with chronic pain and they could rely less on NHS help.

    I understand fears of “the smell” but that’s why they should consider legalising vaporisers and edibles that do not smell.

20. I took my younger cousin into town last Friday and promised him a good night out. The place was dead, 0 vibe. Either people can’t afford to drink anymore or they must be getting high at home. I’m not a drug user and don’t know anyone who is. Whats happening to our town centres?

21. And here’s me rawdogging reality with my highland spring.

22. Our towns and city centres are already no go areas for most people due to the amount of smackheads.

    Legalising drugs is a foolish idea and would make the whole situation worse.

23. To be fair if cannabis was legal instead of alcohol the world would be a lot better

24. Rediculous that cannabis is still illegal, loads of medical & lifestyle benefits to controlled usage, far far better than alcohol which is legal of course. Massive double standards by oldtimers. 
    There will always be idiots that overuse things, but the majority are perfectly able to control themselves. One of the few reasons to like Lib Dem is legalising it.