Redefining Recovery: The Expanding Cannabis Landscape and Its Implications for the California Sober Approach in Addiction
International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction May 5, 2026 Cerina Dubois, Amrit Baral, Riana Durrett et al.
An emerging approach called California Sober (CS) has gained attention for promoting abstinence of all intoxicating substances except cannabis and potentially, psychedelics. Cannabis legalization and the expansion of cannabis products have introduced new complexities in addiction recovery, challenging traditional abstinence-based frameworks such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), which define...