How Can I Stop a Marijuana Addiction?
Question by : How can I stop a marijuana addiction?
[rewrite]Can someone give me some tips on how to stop my marijuana addiction?
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Answer by Thomas R
Try cigarettes?
Answer by Duke Sibbert
why stop????
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K2 user hopes story of addiction stops users
[rewrite]Some call it synthetic marijuana, spice or K2, there is a law law that says stores can't sell it, but someone who used the drug told FOX23 the law does not stop it. … He said he locked himself at home and struggled through withdrawal with his family …[/rewrite]
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Early Substance Use Increases Risks
Early substance use increases risks
[rewrite]In the lion's share of cases — 96.5 percent, in fact — people who have an addiction were abusing substances before the age of 21, according to a report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. “Because the …[/rewrite]
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Legalization raises concerns about marijuana's effect on kids
[rewrite]Addiction is more likely when someone starts using marijuana early, said J. Michael Bostwick, professor of psychiatry at the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine in Rochester, Minn. "Cannabis and an adolescent developing brain do not go together," Bostwick …[/rewrite]
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Uruguay Considers Using Medical Marijuana to Treat Cocaine Addicts in Prison
Uruguay Considers Using Medical Marijuana To Treat Cocaine Addicts In Prison
[rewrite]But other countries, such as Colombia, have begun considering projects seeking to use marijuana to treat addicts. "The idea isn't that marijuana will substitute for what is obviously a much harder and more dangerous drug, but that marijuana can help …[/rewrite]
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Legal marijuana challenges drug abuse awareness
[rewrite]April is Alcohol Awareness Month—a key time for all Islanders to work towards reducing the stigma around seeking help for alcohol abuse. Alcohol addiction can affect both youth and adults and is a treatable disease. This year, for the first time …[/rewrite]
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Spliff Split: Why the HEMP Party and the Greens Have Fallen Out
Spliff split: Why the HEMP Party and the Greens have fallen out
[rewrite]There is a common misconception that the Help End Marijuana Prohibition (HEMP) Party wants to lay to rest. It does not just want to see the … "Some people seem to think the HEMP Party is only about industrial hemp or medical marijuana," the party's …[/rewrite]
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New Drug Czar a Chance to Do Things Right
[rewrite]Most people who use alcohol, marijuana, cocaine or other drugs use them rarely or moderately with little to no harm to themselves or others. Most drug use is not problematic — and most people who use drugs are not addicted and do not need treatment.[/rewrite]
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Why Is Marijuana Addiction a Problem?
Question by Jackolo: Why is marijuana addiction a problem?
[rewrite]Lately, I’ve been at odds with the Saint Mary Jane. I know I have an addiction, because I think about it every day. But at the same time, no matter how long I go without (currently sober/abstinent for about a week – not my first attempt at ‘quitting’), I still want to smoke.
The fact is, I love the herb – and always will. It feels good, I get to laugh at seemingly non-humorous events, and even brings me closer to others who also hit the pipe (cannabis culture scene). It’s a party just about every time. So what’s so wrong with that?
New Study for Marijuana Addiction Will Be Conducted in Portland
New study for marijuana addiction will be conducted in Portland
[rewrite]In Oregon, marijuana is second only to alcohol when it comes to admissions for substance abuse treatment, yet it's hard to find any targeted programs here or elsewhere. “There's this complacency around the drug, and it is a drug,” said Katharina Wiest, …[/rewrite]
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Clint: A path out of the darkness of addiction
[rewrite]Every time a celebrity is whisked off to rehab it sends the message to substance abusers and the people who love them that in order to recover from alcoholism and drug abuse you must go to treatment. In Texas, if you don't have private pay insurance …[/rewrite]
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