Medical doctor Tom O’Connell’s research shows that among alcohol abusers who took up the regular use of medical marijuana, 90 percent greatly reduced their alcohol intake, and 10 percent quit completely.
His research also explains the reason. Drug abuse is driven largely by anxiety-related disorders. Marijuana provides the anxiety relief they are seeking without screwing up their lives. The same was true for other hard drug abusers.
Number of California patients surveyed – more than 4,000, with life histories on each.
