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for those that claim marijuana isn't physically addictive...

I usually smoke high-quality dank several times a day, every day, and I have been for nearly 6 months. Before that I smoked atleast once or twice nearly every day for about a year or two. I have stomach problems in the first place, as my stomach lining is ruined from constant caffeine abuse (possibly also from my ex amphetamine addiction). However, not smoking increases these symptoms to an almost unbearable level. Typing this now, I'm totally dry and have been for several days. My stomach has been in intense pain and almost every time I try to eat I get very sick to my stomach and have to take some sort of stomach medicine.

Cannabis CAN be physically addictive if you use it often enough. I also get mental symptoms, such as extreme irritability. For example, when I woke up this morning I got on the computer and tried to open too many things at once, so it froze, and I punched the monitor so hard that one of my knuckles got fucked up. After I had done it I thought about how stupid it was, but when I go a while without smoking I just overreact to things without thinking about it. However, unless I am high at the time, I am usually not lazy and don't find it hard to concentrate.

Some users don't smoke enough to get the withdrawal symptoms, and some just plain don't get them. Regular breaks and not ABUSING weed can stop them, however.
 
No problems at all

I smoke everyday and only high quality bud (i live in the netherlands)
When i stop for a few month's wich i have done in the past, i almost never have any physical problems, i think it's all in your head! i can sleep perfectly with no weed, eat perfectly..

If i decide to stop smoking for a while i always have a good cause to stop,
maybe that's why i don't suffer from those physical problems, because i'm not thinking about bud then, to busy with other things to do.
 
The reason why pot withdrawal is so variable is because THC is highly lipophilic - so it hangs around in fat for about a month after you stop smoking. To get a true pot withdrawal you have to use cannabinoid antagonist drugs to precipitate it - and the effects in these circumstances are pretty severe. I think (don't quote me) you get a release of CRF (corticotropin releasing factor) same as in an opiate withdrawal, although not usually on the same kind of scale - which accounts for the psychological symptoms of stress, anxiety and irritability.
 
Marijuana has massively improved my life. Since I started to smoke daily I have made the deans list every semester and kept a steady job while having normal sleep patterns because of weed.

Drugs affect everyone differently and to me there are absolutely no negative effects of weed
 
Alot of it depends on exactly how much and how often you are smoking it, and also if you smoke your bud with nicotine or not. Pot withdrawals are most definetly not a myth though, had a bit of trouble with Insomnia myself.

If you want to avoid it just don't smoke so fucking much! ;)
 
i am a heavy smocer. so if i miss a day or two... i kinda get pissy. No. not at anyone for anything but for the fact that i ain't smoke'n. just doesn't seem right after you smoke every day and around 7 sessions a day. yes i agree... i dislike the feeling
 
Scrimit said:
i don't notice any physical signs of withdrawl
not even a change of sleeping habits.
and i've been smoking nearly everyday for a year
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i've been smoking for the past 5 years nearly daily. I haven't taken a break from smoking weed for more than 48 hours in the past 5 years.

I reccently moved away from all my connects, and haven't smoked in like 4 days. and there is a definate withdrawl.

i just kicked opiates(one WHOLe month ago) after a 2 year addiction, and the weed withdrawl is like a walk in the park compared to opiate withdrawl.

reguardless i still find myself constantly pissed off and generally in a bad mood. i know it'll probably go away sooner or later(maybe if i take the 2 hour ride home n pick up some dankness). the only thing i could even compare to the opiate withdrawl is just the feeling of uneasyness, and just kinda feeling all wound up, and my legs feel really restless.
i think my brain is used to being surrounded by all sorts of great drugs, and now it's just like "what the fuck happened"
 
I smoked for 18 years without a break (except very occassionally when circumstances(if you know what I mean) made it impossible). Yes I had insomnia when I eventually stopped as well as a sense of detachment and depersonalization. Other than that not much.

Of course any drug alters your bodies natural metabolism. If you upset that then you will have repercussions as your body always tries to correct itself(homeostasis). There are bound to be physical symptoms. However, with cannabis they are very mild. This does not mean that they are physically addictive IMO. Don't forget that cannabis is fat soluble and takes a long time to clear -esp. if you have been permastoned for years.

It is not like your body cannot function without exogenous cannabinoids- some minor discomforts. Try stopping benzos or opiates when physically addicted-then you will know what physical addiction is all about.

Have since restarted. The first time I smoked this time was just like I had never smoked. Stoned out of my gourd on 1 hit.%)
 
According to Times, only 9% of marijuana smokers show signs of addiction. Sure, it can be physically addicted, but it's not hard to avoid getting to that point IMO.
 
Any drug that you can do all day every day for years and the worst physical side effects upon quitting are a week of insomnia and loss of appetite, is a pretty amazing drug.

Small price to pay for being high for five years, if that's your thing. Hardly grounds for prohibition! The real danger of that lifestyle has got to be the damage to your lungs.
 
i skipped like 3 pages but this is what i have to say.....

MJ withdrawl is psychological in my opinion.... however it can manifest itself in physical ways..... u can still get up and go to work and function during MJ wd..... ever try gettin up and goin to work after going cold turkey on an out of control opiate habit?... it doesnt work.....

u can find ways around the MJ wd's and find ways to function anyways.... sure its difficult to supress certain thoughts and urges to smoke, and irritability and mild nausea sux too.... but WD from opiates makes it IMPOSSIBLE to think through the hell your body is going through.....

if u ask me, MJ wd's are like the common cold, whereas opiate wd's are like having a severe case of the flu or mono or somethin like that...

just my opinion... peace
 
Ride out cold turkey withdrawls from > 100 mgs of Methadone in your local county jail and it will put withdrawls in perspective.

I am aware of the aformentioned symptoms , however its mild discomfort at best...and I think that being mentally aware and traumatized by the fact you have no smoke makes it worse.

The mind is extremely powerful and can make you feel shitty...(ie: depression symptoms, anxiety, schizophrenia) <~~ all mental afflictions that can cause physical discomfort....shifts in sleep and appetite.

I get the same shitty feeling from Jet Lag ...and 14 hour road trips..staying in hotels in strange places travelling....all make me feel the same symptoms as not having pot...

If that makes sense.
 
aight im not sure if anyone else has experienced this but if i am ever going on a pot binge and want to stop immediatly, all i do is eat a eighth (or more if i really wanna trip) of shrooms... i can even smoke while im tripping. the next day i wake up totally 100% clear headed and have zero desire to smoke weed. i smoekd every day from may-mid august and stopped totally for a month after eating a eighth of potent shrooms..... i even felt my brain getting pulled out of the daze i was in from the weed i smoked earlier in the morning.

i am not sure if this is just me or if anyone else has experienced it but i i find that this is the only way that i have been able to quit for long periods of time
 
i have a question for all the people who report withdrawl symptoms. when are you getting these side-effects? do you have to stop smoking for a day or a week for them to be realized? the reason i ask is because i have many of these symptoms but i have smoked everyday for like 10 months. ill get the symptoms in the morning and afternoon and they wont go away until i smoke. why is that? if they were withdrawl symptoms wouldn't it take at least 24 hours for them to be noticed?
 
even it was slightly physically addictive.. so who cares!? if even cannot decide if it is or not then it cannot be that much of a problem. you shouldnt smoke cause it can fuck up your head. ive got a lot of friends that have gotten mentally ill cause of weed/hash. i stoped smoking 3 years ago, i was going into a psychosis and got neuroleptic medicine. i was consuming huuge amounts. i think psychosis/mentally illness can occur for all people,.. its just about how much and how frequent you consume!
 
ive been smoking at least 4 times a day for about 3 or 4 years now.. and i have never gotten any of those symptoms.. my appetite is perfectly fine if i take a break for a while; i find i sleep better when im not high; and i've never had any negative effects from it except for the general desire to get stoned
 
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