Comments on: Clearing the Haze – Is Marijuana Addictive?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 08 May 2012 13:55:46 +0000

Not everyone can become psychotic as a result of its use nor face addiction. The first question one needs to ask is how much they use, followed by how often and does use cause or result in problems in terms of school, work, family or social life?

Some people can handle it, while for others inner demons can be brought out such as if exposed to trauma in childhood. Those who have an addictive personality can often wind up adding another vice. It should be noted that dealers make their lively hood selling this stuff and as such are more likely to spray/lace it with something to make consumers return, thus resulting in guaranteed profit. The addition of such chemicals not only increased the chances of addiction and dependence but also remains detrimental to ones health, IE adding comet or Mr Clean can surely mess with the liver and kidneys.

That being said in its natural state it has a reputation for being an effective painkiller.Recent research has shown that by knocking out the CB1 receptor gene certain negative effects from its use are diminished such as memory problems and so on.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 23:25:36 +0000

well you can count me as the first then…. I go to a therapist once a week to help me through the fight…. and its hard that most people don’t believe that it can be a struggle… when you get stoned your whole life and finally want to make yourself better and try to get support from family and friends… and can’t because everyone thinks its a joke…. thats not good…. and the people that say its not addictive are probably smoking as they are writing it….or have never been addicted….. I do it for my kids myself my life I want to remember my life…. Sober

Sober in Colorado

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By: Pressingtheisse

Pressingtheisse — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 21:45:18 +0000

I totally agree, I have not met a single person that went to rehab for pot. I think that if the government scaled down the war on drugs, everyone would be better off. I’m a recovering addict and I know that the drug problem could be dealt with more rationally!

By: foxglove123

foxglove123 — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:03:45 +0000

Well, If it was some years ago, I would just say all those researchs were meant to be social manipulative. But I quit smoking pot about 2 months and a half ago and I have to say that I am REALLY glad I did. I have mostly been destroying my life, my family`s life so far.
I am very anti social and I guess before it was because of willing to be alone to smoke and right now it might be paranoia. Also smoking marijuana and studying arts it is the biggest mistake I have ever done to the point where I am doubting reality. I cannot socialize very much anymore (living abroad alone might have been also contributing to this) and I am anxious to hell. My organization skills are a flaw. I can`t concentrate at all, cannot express my self, my intellectual skills are vanishing.
Please, if you are smoking pot, just stop.

By: miley

miley — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:02:03 +0000

I think its fine to be addicted to marijuana. it doesnt have bad effect like alcohols do to our body. I am not addicted to marijuana, my brother does. And I really don;t care, as long as he can pay for it

By: maximillion swell

maximillion swell — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:27:28 +0000

For the purpose of scientific/addiction discussion, this is a nice article. For the purpose of social/political discussion, compare heavy marijuana users with heavy alcohol users, then compare the outcomes.

Another interesting point, as stated above – “millions of marijuana users”, and 100,000 seeking help for addiction as of 2000. What is “as of 2000″ supposed to mean? What period does that cover? Last 20-30 years? Even if less than that 100,000 addicts (all non-lethal outcome), compared to millions and millions of users over several decades with no addiction symptoms sufficient to seek help? Reason to worry? I don’t think so.

By: Steven

Steven — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 03:36:53 +0000

Marijuana is so less harmful for the public than alcohol. They are both drugs/chemicals.

As a 20 year marijuana smoker there is no doubt there are withdrawal symptoms, anger was consistently one for me and it was predictable, when I would quit for a week or travel and go on vacation where I couldn’t bring my stash. And not just normal anger, for me it was rage for no valid reason, it was definately the pot withdrawal. Lethargy and sleepiness as well.

My questions is because there are withdrawal symptoms, does that automatically mean you are addicted. I quit 2 years ago, after smoking it all day everyday for the last 5 years prior to quitting. My family did an intervention and I went to rehab, but never have I had a craving since quitting, not during rehab or ANY time afterwords. But I’m supposed to not drink anything, because one addiction can become another, but am I addicted. Of course the experts say “if you question if you are addicted, that is just your addiction talking”. Though I just read on this side that recent studies have shown that a synthetic form of Kudzu vastly reduces cravings for alcohol. Subjects no longer desired to dram a vast amount. These are Harvard doctors. They say that alcoholism will be treatable like diabetes, where you avoid being hurt by it, but not necessarily cure it. Wow, but who knows, enough rambling for now….

By: Nancy, Ojai

Nancy, Ojai — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 22:03:10 +0000

This article fails to mention that many of the so-called “withdrawl” symptoms share many characteristics of concommitant mental illnesses. Patients diagnosed with Bipolar disorder, cyclothymia, ADHD, ADD, and depression frequently display irritability, impulsivity, agitation, anxiety, stomach complaints, and changes in appetite when not on appropriate medication(s). We know many of these patients self-medicate with any number of mind-altering drugs. I think patients who suffer such symptoms when they stop smoking marijuana must be screened for mental illness(es) prior to assuming they are suffering from withdrawl.
Marijuana is NOT a narcotic (not even close). There are no health problems associated with its use. On the other hand, we know the destruction that a perfectly legal drug, alcohol, wreaks on our society.
What’s wrong with that picture?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:03:37 +0000

I think that people will become addicted to anything reguardless, for gods sake people get addicted to shopping and food if people are ‘addicted’ to marijahuana its because they have an addictive personality.

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By: Charles M.

Charles M. — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:09:46 +0000

Hello, I am not at all opposed to the idea that marijuana can be addictive for some. However, I have to call into question the statistic reported in this article that over 100,000 Americans sought treatment for marijuana addiction in any year. I have a strong suspicion that this statement neglects to account for the number of court-ordered entrances in rehabilitation, which must be very high given that hundreds of thousands of Americans each year are charged with marijuana possession.

By: mahu

mahu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 01:36:32 +0000

yes, as a hippy and way beyond ( if there is one) i was a pot user. My most long time friends considered me an addict although i could not ‘see’ it. I started at 15 yrs old, and continued to this day if it were not for life imprisonment here in Philippines as i have no money for food, thus one starves to death in prison in Philippines, the country that most resembles USA in Constitutional Law and application.
After being forced into withdrawl, having smoked a single puff on a pipe of the narcotic at 10 PM or 47 yrs, then suddenly forced to stop i found my self irritable, angry, hungry, nervous, bouts of violence. This continued for 3 minutes, more or less, then i never thought about it again. Still, i will never forget the horrors of addiction to pot. I was an addict and this is a STAIN that even Jesus Christ can not disguise in those final days. I ruined my life by this one mistake. Yes, true i think, i have Severe ADHD and i was never given medications and one doctor suggested that i used pot as a ‘home made’ medication to calm my condition that i suffered from desparately all my life, left my family in shambles, distroyed our family, our reputation, put may people in prison, in the hosptial, even making me so called ‘wrong’ in my diagnosis of other illnesses in our family, as we could not afford a doctor so i was the eldest and acted as one, even wore the white coat…still, with all that… i could not med my own people.
maybe that was part of my pot addiction too, but someone had to become the family doctor…and i went to 10th grade, so why NOT ME? That is what they all said.
Anyway, without pot, the world would have few problems.

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