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Trade groups representing the dairy industry have praised the decision.
In an elaborate and provocative experiment, scientists doled out joints and constructed a fake bar in the laboratory.
They recruited about 160 people and found those who smoke the higher potency cannabis ended up drinking 27 percent less alcohol and the lower potency about 19 percent less compared to the placebo.
Jane Metrick at Brown University led the study.
Metric and other researchers acknowledge cannabis itself is not harm-free and concerns about the drug also need to be weighed, and that more research needs to be done before making any kind of recommendations.
The tales from NPR's Bullstone.
States in the middle of the country, especially Minnesota, have seen a big spike.
As wild birds migrate, they can seed outbreaks on farms.
The virus has not shown up much in dairy cattle in recent months, though scientists say that may be due to lack of testing.
And all of this presents a risk to farm workers.
Dr. Nirav Shah helped lead the bird flu response under President Biden.
Shaw says cutbacks in the federal workforce and the government shutdown have put the country in a precarious situation and make it more likely human cases could go undetected.
Meanwhile, farm workers, who are often undocumented, are reluctant to get tested because of the administration's immigration enforcement.
The study in The Lancet this week details how each medication can affect weight, blood pressure, heart rate, cholesterol, and other areas of health.
In some cases, the impact on weight could vary by as much as 8 pounds or 20 heartbeats per minute.
Dr. Toby Pillinger is a psychiatrist at King's College London and was the lead author of the study.