<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><span></span></div><div><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div><span class="headline" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; max-height: 1000000px; display: block; min-height: 20px;"><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9033791/blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/12/the-science-of-combining-alcohol-and-marijuana/%3Futm_sourc" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 19px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">The science of combining alcohol and marijuana. </span></font></a><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9033791/blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/12/the-science-of-combining-alcohol-and-marijuana/%3Futm_sourc" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 19px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></a><a rel="nofollow" class="outbound_link" target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/goto/9033791/blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/12/the-science-of-combining-alcohol-and-marijuana/%3Futm_sourc" style="max-height: 1000000px; text-decoration: none; height: 19px; vertical-align: middle; display: block !important;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Wait . . . there's a SCIENCE?</span></font></a><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;">Courtesy of <i>SFGate</i> (San Francisco) at:</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;"><a href="http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/12/the-science-of-combining-alcohol-and-marijuana/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link">http://blog.sfgate.com/smellthetruth/2016/02/12/the-science-of-combining-alcohol-and-marijuana/?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link</a></div></span></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div><div><h1 class="blog-headline" style="margin: -8px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; clear: none; font-size: 34px; line-height: 37px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; font-family: 'Sofia Pro Bold', Arial, sans-serif !important; color: rgb(34, 34, 34) !important;">The science of combining alcohol and marijuana</h1></div><div>Combining alcohol and marijuana can cause intense effects, leading to dizziness, nausea, and a major increase in the risk of a car crash.</div><div><br></div><div>Over at <a href="http://mic.com">Mic.com</a>, writer Kathleen Wong drills down into the science of why combining booze and weed — called “cross-fading” in some circles — gets people so messed up.</div><div><br></div><div>Alcohol is a total nervous system depressant, while pot’s main active ingredient, THC, activates individual nerve cell receptors in the brain and body. Taken together, alcohol will increase your blood vessels’ uptake of THC. That can mean going from slightly buzzed on alcohol to totally faded in just one toke.</div><div><br></div><div>“I get instantly hammered like I just took a bunch of shots,” says one cross-fader quoted in the story.</div><div><br></div><div>One thing Mic doesn’t mention is how folks who generally don’t like or use cannabis will sometimes try pot after alcohol has decreased their inhibitions and increased their confidence. The all-to-common result is an “unpleasant feeling of dizziness, becoming pale and feeling nauseous.”</div><div><br></div><div>Recent surveys also indicate cross-fading is far more popular in young people, whereas purely medical marijuana user stay far away from alcohol.</div></div><div><br></div><div>--------------------------------</div><div><br></div><div>What can I add, but . . .</div><div><br></div><div><b>"Don't Bogart that Joint"</b></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Songs/Dont_Bogart_That_Joint.mp3</a><br><br><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><font color="#000000">http://www.MoscowCares.com</font></a></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </span></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>