Marijuana addiction is real, and rising
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Marijuana addiction is real, and rising
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#2As someone who smokes both cigarettes and weed every day all I can do is laugh when people say the words marijuana addiction....it's pretty easy to go without weed when it runs out...but dear god if I run out of smokes. I've only been smoking for about 3 years. I've smoked weed for over 14 years.
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#3You ever suck dick for marijuana?
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#4Addiction is real, and rising.
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#5You ever suck dick for marijuana?
> You ever suck dick for marijuana?
While it's true that marijuana addiction rarely if ever leads to consequences as you suggest, it ignores the real dangers of marijuana abuse:
1. I've personally witnessed someone young and healthy go to the hospital of smoking weed and getting cardiac dysrhythmia. We were young, studid and very lucky that the hippy parents were there to call an ambulance. If we had been alone, who knows how we would have reacted or not reacted. 2. I've also seen a friend getting a long lasting psychotic episode from smoking weed. He's better know and there have been other factors involved but weed for sure hasn't made it better for him and was obviously a trigger. 3. Having struggled with depression, weed can become very addictive and destroy your live and career if you keep sinking into a deeper and deeper hole.
TL;DR Just because it's less dangerous then most other drugs doesn't mean weed is to be fucked around with carelessly. If you use drugs, use them safely and beware of the addiction potential, especially if you are in a high risk of addiction in general.
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#6Throwaway because obviously the stigma. But yes, it's very real. I am addicted to marijuana. I smoke nearly 3 grams a day; what has become a $1000+/month habit. I've always loved weed but the high salary has allowed me to lose control. I can't sleep or eat without it. Within 24 hours without weed I become an intolerable asshole who cannot eat or sleep. When I do sleep without it, it's full of nightmares and I wake up soaked in a puddle of sweat. I tell myself I am going to quit after every single joint, then I roll another. I know it could be broken with a few months of detox but it's too painful to deal with.
That being said I don't think it has anything intrinsically to do with weed. People are just as addicted to cheeseburgers or coffee. The problem is a combination of personal character flaw, and a society that forces people into self medication of all forms.
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#7Humans can get hooked to anything that triggers a 'feel good' response, be it gorging on food, drugs, gambling or even exercising.
With all the grinding, long hours and stressful situations "modern life" puts us through, it's not difficult to see how people more and more just want to hit the 'instant gratification' button instead of actually getting better by working their underlying issues.... there is simply no time for downtime and relaxation anymore, everyone is just too busy doing "actual important stuff", which is a sad matter of affairs.
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#8You ever suck dick for marijuana?
You'd be surprised.
Besides, you don't suck dick for wine either, and yet alcoholism is a real thing.
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#9Humans can get hooked to anything that triggers a 'feel good' response, be it gorging on food, drugs, gambling or even exercising. With all the grinding, long hours and stressful situations "modern life" puts us through, it's not difficult to see how people more and more just want to hit the 'instant gratification' button instead of actually getting better by working their underlying issues.... there is simply no tim…
you just want to give a reason to indulge yourself. Every adult should clearly know the difference between good habit or bad addiction.
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#10Throwaway because obviously the stigma. But yes, it's very real. I am addicted to marijuana. I smoke nearly 3 grams a day; what has become a $1000+/month habit. I've always loved weed but the high salary has allowed me to lose control. I can't sleep or eat without it. Within 24 hours without weed I become an intolerable asshole who cannot eat or sleep. When I do sleep without it, it's full of nightmares and I wake up…
I had basically the same experience, though I think I was closer to a gram or so a day, and I never had trouble eating.
But yeah, to the people saying it’s not real, try a few days of insomnia. The feeling of being high is nice, but not terribly addictive or unquittable in itself. But going through the crappy parts of withdrawal, feeling irritable, etc., and on top of that, not being able to sleep? It’s torture.
In the end I couldn’t quit cold turkey. It took me maybe six months of weaning off before I could quit.
Good luck to you.