{"id":8644,"date":"2026-02-06T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/cannabis-drinks-may-cut-alcohol-consumption-study-finds-as-missouri-weighs-hemp-thc-rules\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T06:00:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T12:00:09","slug":"cannabis-drinks-may-cut-alcohol-consumption-study-finds-as-missouri-weighs-hemp-thc-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/cannabis-drinks-may-cut-alcohol-consumption-study-finds-as-missouri-weighs-hemp-thc-rules\/","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis drinks may cut alcohol consumption, study finds, as Missouri weighs hemp THC rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"664\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/THC-drink-scaled-e1770391827916-1024x664.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hemp-derived THC beverages like these seltzers at Randall&#8217;s Wine &amp; Spirits can be found at large liquor stores throughout Missouri (Rebecca Rivas\/The Missouri Independent).<\/p>\n<p><span>People who drink cannabis beverages \u2013 that often come in cans, like beer or hard seltzers \u2013 may be consuming less alcohol, according to a recent <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/26877350-2026-cannabis-beverages\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span>study<\/span><\/a><span> from University of Buffalo.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More than 60% of the study\u2019s participants who drank cannabis beverages said they had either reduced (61.5%) or stopped (1.1%) drinking alcohol as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe believe this may be because of the similarity in administration method and context of use \u2014 people at parties or bars will likely have a drink in their hand, in this case a cannabis beverage rather than an alcoholic one,\u201d said Daniel Kruger, a co-author and research associate professor in University of Buffalo\u2019s School of Public Health and Health Professions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kruger said the study, which was published in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs last month, is the first of its kind to focus on cannabis beverages and the potential for alcohol harm reduction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>And it comes as <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2026\/01\/15\/bills-banning-intoxicating-hemp-in-missouri-are-priority-lawmakers-say\/\"><span>Missouri lawmakers debate<\/span><\/a><span> the future of hemp-derived THC beverages, which are already sold in bars, liquor stores and convenience shops across the state but sit in a legal gray area, with proposals to rein them in or ban them altogether still unresolved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u00a0\u201cSeveral previous studies, including ours, have demonstrated that people have reduced their alcohol consumption by switching to cannabis,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sales of these beverages are estimated to be about $1 billion nationwide \u2013 with 76% of that being hemp-derived THC beverages and 24% being products sold in marijuana dispensaries, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2025\/10\/27\/thc-beverage-boom-faces-missouri-crackdown-amid-regulatory-concerns-safety-risks\/\"><span>report<\/span><\/a><span> from Whitney Economics last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>About half of Kruger\u2019s study participants were from New York, where intoxicating hemp beverages are prohibited \u2014 unlike in Missouri where people can order them in bars and restaurants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>More than 80% of the survey respondents who used cannabis beverages said they were more likely to buy their cannabis products from marijuana dispensaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Kruger acknowledged the results would likely be different among participants that live in states that haven\u2019t banned intoxicating hemp beverages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIn Missouri, we might even see a greater effect there than we did in New York,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Based on the survey results, the research team plans to further explore the effect of cannabis drinks over time and compare modes of cannabis consumption.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cCannabis has been proposed as harm reduction for other drugs such as opioids but not talked about as often for legal substances such as alcohol,\u201d said study first author Jessica Kruger, a clinical associate professor of community health and health behavior in UB\u2019s School of Public Health and Health Professions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri lawmakers are debating legislation that would align the state with the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2025\/11\/11\/missouri-hemp-businesses-fear-new-federal-thc-limits-will-destroy-the-industry\/\"><span>federal limits on intoxicating hemp products<\/span><\/a><span> set to go into effect in November.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The federal limit will prohibit hemp products from containing more than 0.4 milligrams of THC per container, a provision that was included in the federal spending bill Congress approved last year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>This would place a national ban on intoxicating hemp beverages, which typically contain 10 milligrams of THC or below. It wouldn\u2019t impact marijuana-derived THC beverages sold in dispensaries.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri officials <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/2024\/10\/03\/cost-to-enforce-ban-on-intoxicating-hemp-products-in-missouri-estimated-at-nearly-900k\/\"><span>estimated <\/span><\/a><span>in 2024 that 40,000 food establishments and smoke shops and 1,800 food manufacturers were selling products that would be banned under the proposed federal regulations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Missouri senators debated a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.mo.gov\/26Info\/BTS_Web\/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&amp;BillID=313\" target=\"_blank\"><span>bill<\/span><\/a><span> this week to allow the continued sale of THC cannabis beverages, if Congress passes legislation allowing them. They are currently unregulated by any government agency in Missouri, and the bill aims to establish testing, labeling and licensing requirements.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do here is really tighten it up,\u201d said Republican state Sen. Mike Henderson of Desloge, during a committee hearing Tuesday. \u201cYou got to be 21, and you got to be 21 to serve them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Henderson also said he wants to make sure companies aren\u2019t advertising to children.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cWe\u2019ve got to stop that practice, where it looks like it\u2019s some kind of candy or some kind of drink that would appeal to kids,\u201d he said, \u201cand we can\u2019t have it being done that way.\u201d<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hemp-derived THC beverages like these seltzers at Randall&#8217;s Wine &amp; Spirits can be found at large liquor stores throughout Missouri (Rebecca Rivas\/The Missouri Independent). People who drink cannabis beverages \u2013 that often come in cans, like beer or hard seltzers \u2013 may be consuming less alcohol, according to a recent study from University of Buffalo.\u00a0&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Cannabis drinks may cut alcohol consumption, study finds, as Missouri weighs hemp THC rules - WestplexNews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/06\/cannabis-drinks-may-cut-alcohol-consumption-study-finds-as-missouri-weighs-hemp-thc-rules\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cannabis drinks may cut alcohol consumption, study finds, as Missouri weighs hemp THC rules - WestplexNews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hemp-derived THC beverages like these seltzers at Randall&#8217;s Wine &amp; Spirits can be found at large liquor stores throughout Missouri (Rebecca Rivas\/The Missouri Independent). 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