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Do you or anyone you know seem heavily addicted to Marijuana?

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People become habituated to it. That habituation is not to be scoffed at.

People can continue smoking despite it ruining their life, so its seriousness shouldn't be underestimated.

The withdrawals might be mild and uncommon, but that's besides the point, really.
 
Addiction and severity of (cannabis) addiction/withdrawals is for some people genetically predisposed, many people who also experience a (mild) withdrawal syndrome seem to have some sort of mental disorder; some of these people are more adversely affected upon cessation. Anecdotal experiences aren't really useful to conclusively state one way or the other. It all depends on the person.

So in essence, yes, for some people cannabis can be (again, mildly) physically addictive, for others, no, not really.
 
BlissCartel14 said:
for the guy who was given the ultimatum by his wife to stop or divorce
i guess he really didn't love her all that much now did he?
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I was going to say just the opposite. She knew he toked before they were married & now she's giving him the ultimatum?
It always kills me when chicks enter a relationship with some guy...tells him she loves everything about him...then once married, tries to mold the dude into what SHE perceives as a good husband.
Why marry the guy if he's not up to her standards? :p
 
Blowmonkey said:
Addiction and severity of (cannabis) addiction/withdrawals is for some people genetically predisposed, many people who also experience a (mild) withdrawal syndrome seem to have some sort of mental disorder; some of these people are more adversely affected upon cessation. Anecdotal experiences aren't really useful to conclusively state one way or the other. It all depends on the person.

So in essence, yes, for some people cannabis can be (again, mildly) physically addictive, for others, no, not really.
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Exactly!! =D
 
theotherwoman said:
Some of my friends seem to think i am addicted.
Though i smoke practically every day, i do not think i am addicted.
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In the evening? If you smoke whilst your supposed to be working or going to school when there's no need i.e. if you don't need it for a medical condition of some description, then I personally think it's too much and is problematic. I don't think it necessarily means your addicted. Only if you can't stop even if you want to and it's having a bad effect on your life.

However, I don't have a problem with people who smoke a little in the evening to unwind, relax or to help them sleep after work. I don't think this is any worse than having a glass or wine or two in the evening, as many people do. In fact, I find people that do this but are self righteous and criticise people that do smoke a little weed in the evening to be quite annoying. It's hypocritical IMO.
 
I cannot argue whether pot is physically addictive, but I know I was addicted for a long time. I used to smoke pot all day everyday. I did that for years. I have been a regular smoker since I was thirteen. I finally quit when I was 22 years old after meeting someone who made me feel good the natural way(yay for dopamine releasing love). and did not smoke for four years.

I have just recently started smoking very occasionally and not smoking much when I do. The first couple of times I smoked I got really paranoid, but not anymore.
 
i used to be addicted to pot. i smoked it all day every day and my life revolved around it.

i had the physical addiction also, which i want to comment on. i have experienced severe benzo withdrawal, so i understand how serious drug withdrawals can be and marijuana withdrawal is not like that. however, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist or is not significant.

to me, if you were to run out of a drug that was not physically addictive for a day or two, it would pose no problem. however, for me, running out of weed for a day or two meant not being able to eat more than a few bites of food, having disturbed sleep with very vivid dreams, sweating, feeling cold and clammy, stomach pain, depressed and anxious, having a constant headache and basically feeling like crap.

to me, the withdrawal was enough to make me really not want to run out of weed. it even served as part of the motivation to keep smoking, in the sense that it made not want to ever take a break or quit because i knew i would have to feel like crap for 4-7 days.
 
burn out said:
i used to be addicted to pot. i smoked it all day every day and my life revolved around it.

i had the physical addiction also, which i want to comment on. i have experienced severe benzo withdrawal, so i understand how serious drug withdrawals can be and marijuana withdrawal is not like that. however, that doesn't mean it doesn't exist or is not significant.

to me, if you were to run out of a drug that was not physically addictive for a day or two, it would pose no problem. however, for me, running out of weed for a day or two meant not being able to eat more than a few bites of food, having disturbed sleep with very vivid dreams, sweating, feeling cold and clammy, stomach pain, depressed and anxious, having a constant headache and basically feeling like crap.

to me, the withdrawal was enough to make me really not want to run out of weed. it even served as part of the motivation to keep smoking, in the sense that it made not want to ever take a break or quit because i knew i would have to feel like crap for 4-7 days.
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I believe it, even if something does not contain a chemical that will addict your body, quitting anything that you are dependant on, like pot, will effect you. I was also dependant on it for years, and would freak out if I even thought I had to go a day without it.

What finally helped me stop was meeting someone that I was so instantly into that I do think it was getting me naturally high. If you have ever seen documentries on the physical reactions that happen when you have sex or are in love, you will know that love can be addicting. But even then I slowly quit, and did not just stop all together one day.
 
I think I am to the point of addiction. It's too good of a reward. Working overtime and not having a girlfriend, goddamn it if I don't look forward to my weed when I come home. Hell, I'll smoke on the job if given a chance. Don't judge me, no one is endangered by my stoned laundry folding or cashiering.

I know I am dependent on weed and gradually being stoned is becoming more normal than being sober. I know my memory and cognitives have gone to shit because I find myself searching for words when having conversations with people and that NEVER happened to me before heavy weed use. I recently convinced my parents to let me smoke in the house and now it's almost like I have more reasons to smoke weed than to not smoke weed.

One thing I do think that's relevant though is that I will only smoke tiny amounts at a time now whereas I used to smoke up to a gram at once to my face even if it meant having to go 4 days, 5 days, or even longer without weed after that. I thought I was "gangster" by blowing through a dub instantly, usually in a blunt. So now I actually manage to spend the same amount on it even though I'm almost always high.
 
jamesmartin said:
i personally think its addicting .

And i AM addicted .

I think over the years ive used it to cope with stress and constant depression .
And now body kinda relys on it now to cope with this .
It hasnt developed its own way to cope


And this isnt good haha .
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Same here man, coping has become smoking for this ganja head. I guess it's better then smoking cigs, never have or will, but still....dependence is dependence.
 
SirTophamHat said:
I think I am to the point of addiction. It's too good of a reward. Working overtime and not having a girlfriend, goddamn it if I don't look forward to my weed when I come home. Hell, I'll smoke on the job if given a chance. Don't judge me, no one is endangered by my stoned laundry folding or cashiering.

I know I am dependent on weed and gradually being stoned is becoming more normal than being sober. I know my memory and cognitives have gone to shit because I find myself searching for words when having conversations with people and that NEVER happened to me before heavy weed use. I recently convinced my parents to let me smoke in the house and now it's almost like I have more reasons to smoke weed than to not smoke weed.

One thing I do think that's relevant though is that I will only smoke tiny amounts at a time now whereas I used to smoke up to a gram at once to my face even if it meant having to go 4 days, 5 days, or even longer without weed after that. I thought I was "gangster" by blowing through a dub instantly, usually in a blunt. So now I actually manage to spend the same amount on it even though I'm almost always high.
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Yeah, being stoned was definatly my sober. I did not have too bad a cognitive or memory loss, but thats because I already have a bad working memory and am terrible at remembering facts like names, dates,s and specifics. I have always been good at grasping concepts and applying knowledge.

But when I was addicted I smoked ALOT. I always bought regs because I could smoke so much at once. I limited myself to a dime a day, but could easily have smoked more.
 
SirTophamHat said:
I think I am to the point of addiction. It's too good of a reward. Working overtime and not having a girlfriend, goddamn it if I don't look forward to my weed when I come home. Hell, I'll smoke on the job if given a chance. Don't judge me, no one is endangered by my stoned laundry folding or cashiering.

I know I am dependent on weed and gradually being stoned is becoming more normal than being sober. I know my memory and cognitives have gone to shit because I find myself searching for words when having conversations with people and that NEVER happened to me before heavy weed use. I recently convinced my parents to let me smoke in the house and now it's almost like I have more reasons to smoke weed than to not smoke weed.

One thing I do think that's relevant though is that I will only smoke tiny amounts at a time now whereas I used to smoke up to a gram at once to my face even if it meant having to go 4 days, 5 days, or even longer without weed after that. I thought I was "gangster" by blowing through a dub instantly, usually in a blunt. So now I actually manage to spend the same amount on it even though I'm almost always high.
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What??:?
I don't understand this post at all. Maybe if I was blasted, this would make sense to me...but I don't toke in the day, so I'll have to re-read this later tonight after my evening dose of doobage. =D
 
Straw man my ass, brush up on your logic, homie.

Based on your given criteria for addiction I stand by my post.

So it was a bunch of d-bags with PhDs? Not just one? Well that certainly makes all the difference.
 
I dont think its so much as being addicted to marijuana as it is just being addicted to being high, i smoked from the time i was 14-18 almost every day.

When i turned 18 i had to quit smoking in order to get the job i have now $22/hr with no college and i had to pass the drug test.

I tried quitting a couple times and it sucked, so i ordered everything off the interenet to make my own jwh-018 infused herb at about $3 a gram extremely strong.

I went from smoking bowls of weed everyday straight to smoking bowls of my herb everyday. And i just make 4 oz. a month sell 3 oz's to friends and smoke on my ounce for a month, and it lasts because 1 hit is good and 2 hits and its like smoking a bowl of good weed.
 
All of you who are saying you're addicted don't seem to understand what addiction is. You think because you smoke weed all the time and don't want to be without it that you're addicted. I've never been addicted to anything, but I've dealt with a lot of addicts. Guarantee, if you were locked in the same room as a heroin addict or an alcoholic for thirty day to clean up, that would change your entire perspective of what addiction is.

People who say they're addicted to weed are just participating in keeping marijuana illegal.
 
aw hell yes, i know at leasts one physical effect of cannabis addiction.
I smoke weed heavily every day. And unless i am stoned, i can not get myself to eat like a normal person. I just don't have an appetite unless i am stoned.

Now, addiction? I don't know. I just know that i need that joint to really clean up my plate when i am eating. Sometimes, i get invited for dinner, and i barley even eat anything, because i am not showing up for the dinner stoned. Does it bother me? Well, yes. At work, i get hungry, and loose energy because of it, yet, the thought of food seems repulsive, unless i am stoned.

Is it a problem? Well.. Not really. my entire intake of calories happens either as sweet snacks during the day, because that is the only thing i can eat when not stoned, or another 1800cal after work when i am baked again.
 
HisNameIsFrank said:
All of you who are saying you're addicted don't seem to understand what addiction is. You think because you smoke weed all the time and don't want to be without it that you're addicted. I've never been addicted to anything, but I've dealt with a lot of addicts. Guarantee, if you were locked in the same room as a heroin addict or an alcoholic for thirty day to clean up, that would change your entire perspective of what addiction is.

People who say they're addicted to weed are just participating in keeping marijuana illegal.
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That is why I made the distinction between physically addicted and emotionally dependent. Pot is not like things like opiates and benzo's and what not where your body is addicted.

My problem was all mental and emotional. I liked being numb and was scared to go with out pot and having to feel.
 
I havent read many responses but I went through such symptoms

In the beggining it was like I never got any psychological breaks and always felt like I didn't know how to act in front of people. I had to show people my real personality and change relationships based on my new persons-which people didnt especially like me for. Sleep was very low quality and in the beggining I would wake up feeling like a big part of my sleep was "missing". Appetite was scarce to none and even when I ate, amazing food wouldn't taste good at all and Id get up from the table feeling tired but not full, I had to force myself pretty much. Though it died down after a while I had these INTENSE bouts of feeling "whiny" at random intervals (pretty much when stress became too much) when I would curse the high heavens and feel that a toke would make everything clear and beautiful again.

The hardest part for me was the change in personality and developing modified relationships. In social situations my normally laid back persona became extremely obnoxious and people stopped looking at me as a chill dude.

Also, who would like having the perk you look forward to at the end of the day taken from them? not me. I was happy throughout the day knowing that I could get home, take a fat rip, turn off my lights, watch a movie and float off into what I felt was sanity but was actually pretty pure escape.

It was my fucking personality for Christs sake. Because I built it around green it was completely altered when green was no more.

However, about two weeks after I stopped I felt so god damn smart, it was like a speed euphoria. I wasn't a stoner anymore and it became more euphoric to be intellectually stimulated and think than it was to be silent and look like a degenerate but "know" that I was happy and nothing else mattered.
 
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