quitting pot like quitting heroin?

[RobotRipping]

But for anyone that thinks weed WD isnt real or its just mental, smoke a bunch and stop cold turkey and you will be in a world of hurt. I was luckily able to call my cousin and pick up a gram of some GDP, soon as i took a bong hit i could feel my stomach contract and almost settle back down. My GF has never done much in the way of drugs, so she doesnt know what any kind of WD feels like....she does now sadly....So yea, marijuana WD is def real.

I can quit without w/d all the time, even now I only smoke jwh-xxx and can skip a day or two and not even notice. Some people are just different I guess, but there are cannabinoid receptors in your stomach, obviously when you quit they are going to be missing all the extra cannabinoids you are putting into your system and you will feel w/d. Sure marijuana withdrawal is real but it only lasts 3-4 days at most. It's kind of like when people complain about caffeine w/d, yes it exists but i'd hardly compare it to anything else.

 

[hydroazuanacaine]

^there is so much contradictory literature on the subject. all of it doesn't disagree with anyone.


this does not really seem like a TDS thread.

 

[OverDone]

this does not really seem like a TDS thread.

it could go either way. I like it here because it clearly outlines what to expect if an individual is looking to quit.

It does have potential to go into areas that are against TDS Guidelines (a few posts have been removed or edited thus far).

The OP hasn't logged in since 12-06-2011 and the topic seems to have been covered thoroughly so it could go either way

 

[sanpedro20092011]

No comparison, opiate wds are horrific, can't even begin to describe-horrific. mj = no physical symptoms, maybe slight restlessness and mental cravings but that's it

 

[sanpedro20092011]

I can say that weed WD is REAL, REAL BAD! My GF and i smoke about a quarter of dank medical bud every week and ran out 2 days ago, we were sick as dogs. Puking violently, no appetite, sweats, nausea, it was fucking terrible. It was almost like the first time i have experienced opiate WD. I am going on ten years of opiate addiction (heroin, dilaudid, fent, bupe, now im on 110mg methadone) so i have run the gambit of puking my guts out, sweating, chills ect...the whole 9 yards you can say.

But for anyone that thinks weed WD isnt real or its just mental, smoke a bunch and stop cold turkey and you will be in a world of hurt. I was luckily able to call my cousin and pick up a gram of some GDP, soon as i took a bong hit i could feel my stomach contract and almost settle back down. My GF has never done much in the way of drugs, so she doesnt know what any kind of WD feels like....she does now sadly....So yea, marijuana WD is def real.

Idk - I was a daily heavy smoker and have stopped cold turkey for months with no phys symptoms. At least. Think we can all agree that opiate wds are very real though =)

 

[Ixchellian]

^------ I think the general consensus is that pot DOES cause withdrawal..... although its usually not bad enough to be noticed, and instead most pass it off as a case of the blues, or perhaps a mild cold/flu.
I think this will change though, as both natural weed and synthetic THC becomes more powerful and common. The synthetic full agonists are a definite potential monster in this regard.

Withdrawals from weed at least, isn't a 100% you're-fucked ordeal as it is for those dependant on benzos and/or opiates. But even with that, everyone is different in their ability to tolerate both the high, and the withdrawals.

I don't think it should be a matter of deciding on what's worse; but more of finding effective WD treatment methods common with opiate/benzo WDs, and disseminating them to those who are definitively suffering from THC (natural or otherwise) withdrawal. In that sense, the perceived severity of the withdrawals is what is subjective, not the treatment of them.

 

[GoldenLovely]

I've not smoked enough pot to really know much about its WDs, but I do know that opiate withdrawals are the worst thing I've ever experienced, physically, mentally , heck even spiritually. You feel completely gutted. Every moment you're wondering how you're going to get through the next hour, minute or day. You have insomnia, so you can't even get a few hours of relief from sleeping. Opiate withdrawal is a special circle of hell.

 

[Baldwin]

Discussion aside, I'd like to humbly offer my own experiences:

My answer to the thread title is an emphatic NO.

In my heavy weed smoking days (> 2g nice indoor stuff a day) I did't even call it WD, just "out of weed". The only symptoms were 2 or 3 days of loss of sleep and appetite. Hell, I even traveled for weeks without missing the stuff or suffering ill effects.

During heroin WDs, I count the symptoms mentioned above as benign compared to the other (literal) shit that goes along with a full blown cold turkey.

Even trying to compare those states is ridiculous.

 

[captainballs]

Immediately after quitting heroin (like the first 4 days), it will be hard to not become VIOLENTLY ILL. Long term quitting, however, I would compare to being very similar to weed. Heroin has the same sort of personality - it's "the perfect whatever drug." You can do it to get ready for a chore, you can do it to go to sleep easier, you can do it to make the food taste awesome. And it feels so harmless when it hits, like weed. You just feel stoned. So yeah, after the initial sickness is over, it's going to be hard to quit doing heroin forever for the same reason it's hard to quit weed forever: it just goes well with everything in a relaxed sort of way, and it's hard to forget that feeling.

 

[eldesperado]

Pot for me was much more difficult to quit than heroin. Quitting heroin is something you need to do or else everything will spiral down too fast. But the spiral down on pot is much less noticeable(less and less focus on what you really love...most children do not day-dream about how they'll one day smoke marijuana morning noon and night). There is an entire sub-culture advocating the use of marijuana, making it seem not just socially acceptable but acceptable as a life choice. Obviously, the actually physical withdrawals on heroin are much worse. But I believe that overall, marijuana is much more addicting(a combination of how well it has become integrated into society, the habit of just smoking something for its own sake, the mind-numbing effect it has for those people(most people) that fight depression and anxiety everyday, and just the seemingly endless cycle of avoiding a clear mind that becomes addictive.) Pot is much easier and safer to come by as well.

I think the question shouldn't be which drug has the worse withdrawals but which drug is going to seriously limit your potential in the long run. Only really hardcore drug addicts will continue heroin for 10+ years, but pot seems like almost a right of passage for late teens. Of all the people that try heroin, how many become life-long addicts vs marijuana?