A lot of people do not consider weed addiction to be a real thing and that can be a serious problem for those who get hooked on the stuff.
It is not so much a physical addiction, as there is really no withdrawal symptoms when coming off of weed, but it is more a psychological addiction. This is very real and it can overtake your life, regardless of whether or not you believe weed addiction to be real or not.
When you smoke weed every day, you create a psychological dependency of sorts. What you are really doing is escaping from reality and medicating your feelings. If something comes up in your life and you have to deal with it and it makes you uncomfortable, smoking weed allows you to NOT FEEL for a while. It is similar to getting drunk or medicating with other hard drugs. If you smoke weed you can avoid reality for a while.
This is an immature way to live, really. Sure it might be pleasurable to get high every once in a while for some people, but the person who develops addiction will start smoking weed every day and they will use it to medicate all of their feelings. If they are depressed, if they don't like something about themselves, if they have problems with relationships in their lives--this can all be medicated by smoking weed.
So if you are under the impression that weed is not a real addiction then you need to think again. Anyone who is in the habit of smoking it every day is avoiding reality and they are caught up in a cycle of real addiction. It might not be as life threatening as the alcoholic who is drunk driving or the crack addict who blows up their heart from smoking too much dope, but it is a real addiction nonetheless and it can destroy a person's life.
Just ask anyone who is doing jail time over the drug and they will confirm this for you. The consequences are still real even if you think the drug is harmless....
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I've read all your articles on marijuana and agree with most of what you have said. I would like to add that although there are none of the overwhelming withdrawal challenges with marijuana detox that are associated with opiates and alcohol, one can become very anxious when quitting a marijuana habit/addiction. If you or someone you know smokes marijuana to the extent that aspects of their life have unraveled, stunted, or become unmanageable/unbearable, and they have no apparent control over their relationship with marijuana, they need to get help. Long-term is always the best route when dealing with recovery, but, if you are in the US, would you please explain how that might be accomplished?
ReplyDeleteI have one weak but negative comment regarding your approach to this subject: You might loose a subject's attention if you equate the legal aspects (I agree they are real and serious) of marijuana use with its addictive/recovery components, you open yourself up to analogies like: "If spring water were illegal, its negative consequences would speak to the law, not the water." Criminalizing drug trafficking makes sense. Criminalizing addiction is like criminalizing diabetes, cancer, or any other medical condition. Addiction is a medical issue. Let's help victims and prosecute criminals, not hinder.
Good work & thanks,
Tony Ballatore
RecoveryPride.com
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