Congratulations!! 👏👏👏

Omg!! Congratulations!! So proud of you and excited for this next step 😊👏👏

As cannabis policy continues to evolve, understanding the broader impact on other health behaviors is essential for anticipating public health consequences and informing tailored prevention/intervention efforts for specific age groups. Full paper: doi.org/10.1111/add....
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Findings may inform the cannabis-alcohol substitution vs. complementarity debate: short-term increases in heavy drinking among young adults could reflect complementary use, whereas longer-term declines—especially among middle-aged and older adults—are more consistent with substitution effects. 5/n

But effects varied by age:
Adults 21–34 showed a short-term increase in HED, followed by declines across all drinking outcomes.
Adults 35–49 had immediate and sustained reductions.
Adults 50–64 had a brief uptick in weekly drinking, then gradual declines.
Adults 65+ showed small decreases. 4/n

Overall trends:
📉 Gradual declines after ACL passage in rates of weekly drinking and frequent HED. 3/n

Using interrupted time series analysis, we modeled trends from 2015–2019, evaluating two policy points: ACL passage (Nov 2016) and ACL implementation (Jan 2018). Alcohol use was measured across four NIAAA-defined limits: rates of exceeding daily, weekly, both daily and weekly, and frequent HED 2/n

At this point, scientifically speaking ... diddly squat 😅

Totally. It’s easy for folks to fall into the trap of equating constructs with measures, especially when there’s a predominant one that much of the literature is built around. Then again, when that's the case, it raises legit questions about what we actually know; so that part seems fair.

In my experience, some reviewers also view ERQ-based ER research as "social psych" (& less relevant), whereas measures like the DERS are perceived more grounded in clinical science. Broadening your framing of ER early on to include clinical lit. and a wider array of ER strategies can help too. 3/3

Overall, reviewers seem more receptive when you acknowledge the CBT foundations first, and then clearly position ER as extending (rather than rebranding or ignoring) those core ideas. 2/3

I’ve definitely run into this too. I’ve found it can help to explicitly bridge the literatures: grounding early discussion in classic CBT (e.g., Beck, Ellis), then show how the ER literature builds on — but also expands — those concepts (Gross, 1998). 1/3

Thanks so much!!