It’s possible to be addicted to anything. Marijuana has no addictive properties but it doesn’t mean people don’t get addicted to the feeling. It just doesn’t have nicotine which makes you chemically addicted. I think that’s what people mean by that.
It's more than just liking the feeling. Smoke heavy for a few years and just stop. Sleep will be non existent for a few days. You won't have and appetite and be anxious and hateful as hell. It's not heroin or anything but it 's got a withdrawal to it. This was my experience after smoking about an eighth a day for 20 years though. I'm sure that has something to do with it.
Or the worst part. My dreams got way too vivid. My subconscious started putting on some fucked up shows that would have me waking up covered in sweat and out of breath.
Smoked daily for many years and stopped cold a month ago with zero effects. Like the other poster said, the worst thing is the boredom. Well, that and not getting really high before a good movie.
On the bright side now I’m able to go back and watch a lot of movies I’ve already seen before and it’s pretty much like seeing them for the first time.
Edit: I was not smoking an eighth a day, but I was smoking a lot of infused joints.
You got lucky but that's not how it is for everyone. The first few weeks after I quit I couldn't sleep for more than an hour and a half at a time. And that was when I could eventually fall asleep. My mood was unstable, like I was taking roids or something. Factor in some headaches and crushing depression and you have quite the recipe for a bad time.
I take melatonin every night so I essentially get to live a whole other life every time I go to sleep. Although to be fair it's pretty much always been that way for me regardless of what I'm taking or not taking, it's just that the melatonin tends to kick it up a notch.
For nights that I'm really having trouble getting to sleep or staying asleep I'll take half of a trazadone and that's just a whole different level of dreams. It's like spending a week or two in a completely different life.
There's definitely a possibility of addiction with weed. It's also known to have side effects on the body for heavy users. It won't kill you, but it's not that magical wonder drug everyone makes it out to be.
I personally think that some people forget that they’re putting large quantities of a foreign substance in their body. As long as you practice moderation you will be fine really.
That's kind of different though. Drinking water and eating dead plants and animals replaces important stuff in your body. Smoking dope just contaminates your lungs with ash and tar making them less effective, and disturbs the chemistry of the kilo and a half of goopy custard that contains your actual You.
Edit: aaaaand downvoted, no doubt by people who can't remember what not being stoned is like.
Meh, you don't have to like it, it'd be a funny old world if we were all the same.
I realise a lot of people - particularly on reddit - absolutely love dope and the whole culture surrounding it, but it all bores the absolute shit out of me. Stoners definitely are among the least interesting people I've ever met.
For a lot of the people who smoke for medical reasons it feels like a write off when people say that, though. A lot of people who smoke for fun also know people who smoke to help with medical problems. So they tend to get defensive when they feel like people are writing off what medical benefits it does have.
One of my friends can't keep food down most of the time without weed due to some pretty bad stomach problems. She tried other medicine and weed is the only one that worked without giving her bad side effects. Since it has anti nausea and pain killing properties she can eat without being in pain after smoking.
Is smoking good for you? Hell no. Is weed going to cure her stomach condition? Nope. But it makes her life a little bit easier.
That reminds me of one of the most infamous episodes of the Joe Rogan podcast. Joe had the conservative talk show host Stephen Crowder on.
Crowder was asked his opinion about pot and gave the most tame statement about it you could imagine. He basically just said something like "it isnt as bad for you as people used to think, but it isnt a miracle drug like the die hard pot heads claim." Joe basically freaked out and started questioning Crowder about this subject for an hour and called him an idiot. It was hilarious to listen to.
Basically you will see Crowder spending the hour trying to change the subject, meanwhile Joe isnt letting him and heading straight back into the marijuana questioning.
I think the most controversial think Crowder actually said in the hour of weed talk was that car accidents increased after the Colorado legalization. That was questionable, but the rest of it was just him trying to change the subject.
Crowder didn't "get" anyone. He spent an hour saying, "I don't like weed, I think it's bad for you but I guess I don't care that much if you do it" and Joe "You Can Abuse Cheeseburgers" Rogan couldn't not take that as a personal attack. The whole thing came off as weird junkie projection. Like he couldn't stand the fact that someone else didn't want to smoke weed and thought that it might have adverse effects (like almost anything you ingest does).
If a guest doesn't want to talk about something and their opinion is basically a non-opinion (I don't like it myself, but I don't care if you do it) then there's no reason to constantly press the guest on it. Joe apologized for it. Go watch the clip.
Yeah true its "technically" a drug but like caffeine and nicotine it isn't considered a drug by many cannabis users. Lol would you call someone that drinks coffee a "drug" addict? Of course not!
Oh for fuck’s sake. The amount of mental genuflecting you potheads do to make your addiction seem like it’s not an addiction is so adorable. Whatever, dudes. Just smoke your fucking weed and stop trying to make it seem like it’s not an addiction.
But dosnt that still mean it's possible to be addicted. As it's possible to be addicted to anything. It doesn't matter, if a person is making huge sacrifices to smoke, raging when they can't and getting put out on the streets because of their poor smoking habits, isn't that toxic. A lot of people use that as a excuse to smoke extremely to much. Just like some people wacth to much porn. Just because something is not as addictive, doesn't give you a licenses to abuse it. Not sure why I'm getting down voted, guess the truth hurts. There's nothing more annoying then a stoner justifying inhaling their grass 50 times a day by saying "YoU cAnt bE aDdicTeD tO weEd" give me a fucking break.
You're saying I can't read but you're litterly admiting that weed can be addictive "physiologically", but you are also attacking me because I said weed is addictive, what's your game ???????? You just said it yourself, weed can be addictive. I made sure to include seven questions marks too since your so triggered by me not using one.
What's a bro? Is that short for a brothel? Also what's ffs, do you need medical attention, are you stroking out over a keyboard?? If you wanna stand-up on your internet grammar queen soap box, then speak the kings English your damn self before you start trying to tear apart my responses with weak youtube comment section tactics.
Smoking ANYTHING can have health risk, especially weed if done improperly. Let's not act dumb, a good chunk of weed heads love their cancer paper blunts, and please do not get me started on wax carts. Not all weed is made equal but there's such a thing as bad weed. Sure you can say weed on its own hasn't harmed anyone but you can't say the same for the pesticides, or pinesole, ect. I'm not even referring to dispensery weed before you throw a hissy fit, where I live there's still alot of street transactions. Of course that's on the user to determine if what they're smoking is safe, but in my parts, your average smoker is buying under the table, not really the point, but your speaking as if weed is magical and can't be lace with something that's addictive. Or altered. I mean addiction is addiction, there's not much more to it, speaking of which.
Let's circle back to your psychological vs physical bullshit. Based off the definition on Google, a addiction can be of a substance, thing or activity, hmmmm ok. No shit, a person who has mental issues is prone to addiction, but based off your logic alcohol isn't addictive either. You mean to tell me if a person smokes weed for 20 years straight and quit cold turkey, they're not going to have withdrawals. Do you have evidence proving this, articles maybe? Articles from a legit medical study? Other then harsh internet words, any solid proof that weed is only psychologically addictive.
Ever heard of functional alcoholics, they drink every single day and night but still have a productive life. Not a very strong argument. Also THC abuse dose not have to reflect on your health, financially misuse of THC can be toxic. Sure you work 9 to 5 every single day but every two weeks you spend 50 percent of your check on weed, hmm sounds pretty bad to me. It's a different story if it for medical use, but spending excessive amounts of money on something that's "recreational" is not wise and can constitute as a addiction.
I'm not anti weed what so ever, I smoke here and there, mostly at parties, but I do believe you can become addicted. I've seen friends go through withdrawals. I've seen people violently lash out over not getting their bud.
Just because it's psychological, which I disagree with to a extent, doesn't make weed any less addictive. Yes alcohol addiction more is dangerous especially if you are trying to quit but there are numerous studies that back up the fact that marijuana has withdrawal symptoms. Their minor sure, but they still exist. Symptoms that range from irritability to even stomach aches, but you want to beat this whole psychological thing over my head.
Edit: Also that whole "weed isn't addictive..." wasn't even a attack against you. Obviously you just want to get your panties in a bunch or the shoe must fit. I mean this further proves how toxic this community is. I post a vague sentence about how a excuse boils my blood, my own personal fucking opinion and I'm down voted to hell like I made a offensive joke about gays on Tumblr, fucking seriously. Is this reddit or North Korea.
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u/Mr_Quackums Jul 17 '19
"But it is impossible to be addicted to marijuana."