Editor's note: This article has been reviewed and updated for accuracy in 2026. In case you've been sleeping under a rock (and that's not at all a dig given what we've all gone through the last couple of years) and haven't heard weed cocktails are all the rage! Yes, you heard that right, the (21+) year old youths are dropping alcohol in favor of other less hangover-y alternatives like that forever cool girl, the one and only Mary Jane. The cost benefit analysis is pretty straightforward here, and young people are astute in their realistic analysis of the legal relaxation propositions they've been afforded. On one hand their is the reigning champion of the last century millenia alcohol which is not expensive but usually not cheap, inflates confidence and aggression, results in fights or auto-pilot mistakes you usually end up regretting the next day as you deal with a brain-splitting hangover. Then there is cannabis, which yes for the volume, may SEEM expensive to someone who doesn't smoke but if you equate the cost to sensation ration, is quite cost competitive to alcohol. Which heightens sensations and promotes creativity culminating in wonderful sleep after the fun is done. The only real side-effect of weed is the munchies, which if you're not careful can defin