Can you get addicted to weed?

[Hexis]

Look at it this way, smoking pot will lead to posting like this:

Yes peopel can get addicted to the feeling no its not chemical because chemical would be physical like cocain and heroin some poepl have bad problems with doing it because they have no self control or arnt very smart. It can effect your short term memory but that will go back to normal when you stop and its not that bad in the first place. And its not a gateway drug anymore then prescription pills or beer is I drank way before I smoked so I guess that means I smoke pot because of beer.... I smoke quite a bit and I dont have problems selling my stuff to get money if I dont have money I just dont smoke and I have no desire to do other drugs I dont even like drinking that much. So It basicly depends on the person does your friend have low self control or depressed a lot because thats a lot of the problem with mental addiction. Depressed people get dependent on it to be happy and people with low self control just cant stop themselves.

Stay off the weed, it ruins your posting ability.

[Benfica4ever]

It is really hard to get addicted. I do smoke sometimes and yes my memory isent so great...although i never did have the best memory...i have gotten some cravings, but it was really just feeling like doing some. It doesent really matter to me if i dont do any, if i dont do any im fine, if i do let it be. But stop for about a month and you get back to normal.
Lets not forget about alcohal. Very addicting but people still do it...

[InfinatyBPS]

Well well well... A marijuana thread, been a while, eh guys? Well I think I'm allowd to have an oppinion on this subject considering I've been smoking for a few years now. From my experience, Marijuana isn't addictive. I did it everyday for about a year, and then just stopped. I had no cravings, no withdrawls, I couldn't get any, so I just didn't do it, it wasn't that big of a deal. Although I didn't want to stop, it wasn't what I would call addiction. And you know what, on top of that I was doing it for the wrong reasons too. Of course I did it to have fun like everybody else, but I now realize that I did it to forget that I was a loser for a few hours. So you would think it would be harder to quit, but it really wasn't. Sure I missed getting high, kind of like I miss going to the beach, I miss having a girlfriend, I miss going to the mall. But I'm not going to kill and rob to do those things. Of course I started again after school started, I don't really know if you can call that addiction. I mean, stopping for 3 months and then starting 3 months later, I don't think addiction lasts that long after not doing it. But really, people can stop, they just don't want to. And if it isn't effecting their life in a negative way, then they shouldn't have to just because of ignorant people telling them not to do it. How do you know if its addictive, how do you know its bad for you, or if it makes you go crazy, or if whatever else the government(who has been telling lies about marijuana for 70 years to keep it illegal) sponsored propoganda that you see on TV tells you? You don't. So why do you force their false facts with no actual real life experience on your part on someone who has actually tried it? I know what addiction feels like, I've smoked ciggarets for longer than I've smoked pot, and well, thats a beyoch to stop. Thats addiction. I think its safe to say I was somewhat addicted to alcohol. I drank every day for a good 2 or 3 months. And I craved the alcohol. But I think its possible that I was just craving an escape from my depression. One more point is, if you've heard the whole the most people in rehab facilities are teens that use marijuana. Well look at it like this, you got cought smoking weed, you have a choice of rehab, or jail. What would you choose? Anyways, I've said what I had to say. You can say its addictive all you want, but until you have some experience in the subject, your oppinions are useless.

[MagMan5446]

One more point is, if you've heard the whole the most people in rehab facilities are teens that use marijuana. Well look at it like this, you got cought smoking weed, you have a choice of rehab, or jail. What would you choose? Anyways, I've said what I had to say. You can say its addictive all you want, but until you have some experience in the subject, your oppinions are useless.

It's pretty crappy when a pothead has to sit in a room full of tweakers talkin about their tweaker lives. But it's a lot better than being locked up, and you get to hear some cool stories. It's kinda funny when you gotta be like "im here for pot" and they're just like who cares. But CA has some good diversion programs for kids so they don't get locked up. Usually you gotta be violent for that, otherwise they just send you to a group for a while and maybe a class. Experiance is the only way you can understand about anything, especially drugs.

[cphilip]

I'll tell you guys one thing, nobody on these boards except for transman (to my knowledge) understand pot. Nobody even has a clue what they're talkin about.

Nonsense you little wipper snapper. I was a stoner back in the day Loooooooong before you two even thought about being concieved. And no longer. But you guys think you invented this thing. Take it from me kiddo you not going to have as much experience to use as I can tell you about. Until then you won't listen.

It is physicaly and chemicaly addictive. And its like quiting smoking trying to get off it if you are a habitual user. I know. I done both. And I not proud of it either. Wasted a lot of my time and money on that crap. And got nothing to show for it.

Wake up.

[cphilip]

And I craved the alcohol. But I think its possible that I was just craving an escape from my depression

Its good you discoved this and it is crutch for not getting real treatment. My first wife killed herself and she indeed used it for a long time to not get help. Eventually its not enough. Good for you realizing it.

Myself I got nothing realy against its occasional use. But some of us are addictive personalities and its not good for us. Its not an answer.

[Phelps]

Cannabis is not physically addictive. It is psychologically addictive.

http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/cannabis/en/

http://www.drugabuse.com/drugs/cannabis/

[cphilip]

Cannabis is not physically addictive. It is psychologically addictive.

http://www.who.int/substance_abuse/facts/cannabis/en/

http://www.drugabuse.com/drugs/cannabis/

Nonsense. Your own scource includes this statement development of a cannabis dependence syndrome characterized by a loss of control over cannabis use is likely in chronic users

No one can tell you like someone who experienced it. So take if from me...Thats physical my man.

And things like that are rather variable. Some have a harder time than others getting off Cigarettes. Same with Marajuana

[TransMan]

Look at it this way, smoking pot will lead to posting like this:



Stay off the weed, it ruins your posting ability.

Ya I guess since my posts are about the same as 90% of the people on here obviously everyone here is smokin away prob right now......


Yes Phil has quite a bit of experience but I still dissagree and on the physical addiction part.

[JimmyBeam]

the addiction you get from pot is the mental addiction of escaping reality. you get to the point where you dont have to deal with anything, and your laid back approach to life is easier than sobriety, so therefore you continue to smoke everyday.

[cphilip]

Yes Phil has quite a bit of experience but I still dissagree and on the physical addiction part.

Well we can disagree on that. No problem. And it varies how much it is from one person to another just like anything else. And how long. But the question was "Can" you become addicted. And the answer is yes.

[cphilip]

the addiction you get from pot is the mental addiction of escaping reality. you get to the point where you dont have to deal with anything, and your laid back approach to life is easier than sobriety, so therefore you continue to smoke everyday.

Nope... its physical too. Trust me it can indeed be.

Now will "YOU" become addicted? No one can really say. But you "COULD" is what I am here to tell you.

[TransMan]

Yes I believe I had the same answer in my first post

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

"Both animal and human studies show physical and psychological withdrawal symptoms from marijuana, including irritability, restlessness, insomnia, nausea and intense dreams"

Wait a minute...they gave marijuana to animals? wonder what that did to that poor little lab rat

[cphilip]

Yes I believe I had the same answer in my first post

Well sort of... if you want to go back and read it.... you sort of said yea and then said no.... sort of... well... erm... ah...