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America's hidden pot addicts
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:38 am
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:38 am
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Spark it up, potheads
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The proliferation of retail boutiques in California did not really bother him, Evan told me, but the billboards did. Advertisements for delivery, advertisements promoting the substance for relaxation, for fun, for health. “Shop. It’s legal.” “Hello marijuana, goodbye hangover.” “It’s not a trigger,” he told me. “But it is in your face.”
When we spoke, he had been sober for a hard-fought seven weeks: seven weeks of sleepless nights, intermittent nausea, irritability, trouble focusing, and psychological turmoil. There were upsides, he said, in terms of reduced mental fog, a fatter wallet, and a growing sense of confidence that he could quit. “I don’t think it’s a ‘can’ as much as a ‘must,’” he said.
Evan, who asked that his full name not be used for fear of professional repercussions, has a self-described cannabis-use disorder. If not necessarily because of legalization, but alongside legalization, such problems are becoming more common: The share of adults with one has doubled since the early aughts, as the share of cannabis users who consume it daily or near-daily has jumped nearly 50 percent—all “in the context of increasingly permissive cannabis legislation, attitudes, and lower risk perception,” as the National Institutes of Health put it.
Spark it up, potheads
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:39 am to Jim Rockford
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cannabis-use disorder.
You mean an addict.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:40 am to Jim Rockford
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cannabis-use disorder
WTF?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:40 am to Jim Rockford
I'm sure this is all reliable information. I always get my news from getpocket.com...
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:43 am to Jim Rockford
I've got in a overuse cycle recently - wasnt too hard to stop cold turkey to allow my body to recalibrate itself
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:43 am to Jim Rockford
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When we spoke, he had been sober for a hard-fought seven weeks: seven weeks of sleepless nights, intermittent nausea, irritability, trouble focusing, and psychological turmoil. There were upsides, he said, in terms of reduced mental fog, a fatter wallet, and a growing sense of confidence that he could quit. “I don’t think it’s a ‘can’ as much as a ‘must,’” he said.
Seven weeks?
As someone that's been through several detox's, nobody on this planet has to be detoxed off of marijuana
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:45 am to Jim Rockford
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Evan, who asked that his full name not be used for fear of professional repercussions, has a self-described cannabis-use disorder.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:45 am to Jim Rockford
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Spark it up, potheads
Is this where I point out alcoholics get chemically addicted, as well as emotionally?
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:46 am to Ed Osteen
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As someone that's been through several detox's, nobody on this planet has to be detoxed off of marijuana
There are sleepless nights... and crazy fricking dreams when you're coming off of it. Not even 7 days worth of that, let alone 7 weeks.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:46 am to Jim Rockford
I go through one of those super dangerous kill you immediately cartridges about once per week. It is equivalent to about a gram apparently.
This is how you know this article is bullshite. THC withdrawal lasts maybe 36 hours. It is barely even noticeable.
Homeboy is a giant pussy. I have like 3 different mental disorders, "cannabis use" certainly aint one of them. THC makes them all much better actually.
This article is anti-pot nonsense.
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he had been sober for a hard-fought seven weeks: seven weeks of sleepless nights, intermittent nausea, irritability, trouble focusing, and psychological turmoil.
This is how you know this article is bullshite. THC withdrawal lasts maybe 36 hours. It is barely even noticeable.
Homeboy is a giant pussy. I have like 3 different mental disorders, "cannabis use" certainly aint one of them. THC makes them all much better actually.
This article is anti-pot nonsense.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:46 am to hubertcumberdale
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But cannabis is not benign, even if it is relatively benign, compared with alcohol, opiates, and cigarettes, among other substances. Thousands of Americans are finding their own use problematic in a climate where pot products are getting more potent, more socially acceptable to use, and yet easier to come by, not that it was particularly hard before.
For Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, the most compelling evidence of the deleterious effects comes from users themselves. “In large national surveys, about one in 10 people who smoke it say they have a lot of problems. They say things like, ‘I have trouble quitting. I think a lot about quitting and I can’t do it. I smoked more than I intended to. I neglect responsibilities.’ There are plenty of people who have problems with it, in terms of things like concentration, short-term memory, and motivation,” he said. “People will say, ‘Oh, that’s just you fuddy-duddy doctors.’ Actually, no. It’s millions of people who use the drug who say that it causes problems.”
Users or former users I spoke with described lost jobs, lost marriages, lost houses, lost money, lost time. Foreclosures and divorces. Weight gain and mental-health problems. And one other thing: the problem of convincing other people that what they were experiencing was real. A few mentioned jokes about Doritos, and comments implying that the real issue was that they were lazy stoners. Others mentioned the common belief that you can be “psychologically” addicted to pot, but not “physically” or “really” addicted. The condition remains misunderstood, discounted, and strangely invisible, even as legalization and white-marketization pitches ahead.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 10:52 am to Giantkiller
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I'm sure this is all reliable information. I always get my news from getpocket.com...
Love the boomers anti-pot threads on here, esp the ones posted on outlets like The Atlantic with zero references or even names of people quoted, all their names are disclosed lol
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 10:54 am
Posted on 11/25/19 at 11:02 am to Jim Rockford
Posted on 11/25/19 at 11:05 am to Jim Rockford
I bet just as many jobs and wives are lost over football as there are for marijuana.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 11:06 am to Jim Rockford
"Weed isn't addictive!" = "Macs don't get viruses bro!"
You can get addicted to the dumbest shite...they even made a show about it on TLC.
I think the "stoner lifestyle" is probably the worst thing about pot. Plenty of fully-functioning successful adults smoke pot regularly, but the stereotype of the lazy, forgetful stoner exists for a reason.
You can get addicted to the dumbest shite...they even made a show about it on TLC.
I think the "stoner lifestyle" is probably the worst thing about pot. Plenty of fully-functioning successful adults smoke pot regularly, but the stereotype of the lazy, forgetful stoner exists for a reason.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 11:08 am to Jim Rockford
I'm a proud pot smoker. THC is a drug. If you drink alcohol everyday, you're going to become a drunk; and when you sober up, you have severe anxiety and DTs to look forward to for at least a month. If you smoke everyday, you'll be a decent human being; albeit less than 100% mentally sharp and when you quit, music won't sound as good, food won't taste the same, people will aggravate the shite out of you, etc. You may occasionally wish you were high. However, you won't crave pot and you won't need to smoke just to stop your hands from shaking. Of course, you can choose a life of sobriety and I'm good with that. Just don't be one of those judgemental fricks who can't mind his on business and let other people take care of their business. Live and let live.
Posted on 11/25/19 at 11:11 am to Jim Rockford
If you smoke all day every day then quit you might have a couple hangover days. Your serotonin being low can make you feel down, poor appetite, hard to sleep. Basically the opposite of being high. I think that's where the band Green Day got their name. Basically don't get up in your feelings, understand it's a very minor withdrawal and you'll be fine in like a day or two
This post was edited on 11/25/19 at 11:12 am
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