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I've been reading a lot on these yahoo answers about weed and possible mental addiction.

I have been smoking heavily, weed, on a daily basis for the past month and a half. At the highest point of the "high" i feel great and careless but all the other time know i should stop. it is getting in the way of my college studying, job and exercise. i have gained 11lbs.

What can i do to stop smoking weed besides simply stopping?

Any hotlines or any sort of help i can get? thanks so much.

Also, if someone could list the pros and cons of smoking weed.

agreed w/ def90dave. you have a perception that quitting weed is gonna be some monumental task, and this isnt the case at all. Have you even tried using your own willpower to just stop? I've known guys that have smoked for years, and they can simply quit whenever their sports season rolls around, or for whatever reason. Bud doesn't contain any nicotine.

pros- when using in moderation, it can yield unforgetable experiences with friends and in social situations. good way to get to know people. Mellows ppl out, decreases anxiety, and then of course theres the whole "high" part that many people somehow fail to mention in the pros category.

cons- when used excessivly, like any good thing, it can become somewhat harmful. Paranoia when high, and having it take up time from other aspects of your life, as you said. All you need to do is man up and smoke only when the situation calls for it.

2007-05-10 17:46:49 by Hamlet S

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My BF whom I have a baby with is smoking, and I don't like it. I feel like he's wasting his time and I've told him but no matter what, I end up being the one who is wrong...he says that I am always trying to change him, but I do not believe I am, I'm just trying to help him better himself but he cannot see that. He thinks that marijuana is just something he does, like how I study and go to school....I'm tired of his habit and I'm stuck because I love him but I hate what he does.....what should I do, I'm still young and I know I can find someone else, but I don't know if it's worth going through another relationship...what if it ends up the same or even worst???

He's right, you cannot force him to change. He will not give it up until he's ready to. If you continue nagging him you are going to drive him away. You need to decide if this is truely a relationship that you want to stay in or not.

2006-07-07 20:46:09 by Cool Chick

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My boyfriend is an opiate addict and has been recovering for quite some time but he thinks that he can start to smoke marijuana again. His reasons are "I can smoke pot and not have the urge to do other drugs. If I do then I'll stop immediately but I haven't had the urge."

I've told him this is just his addiction talking. Studies show that marijuana is, in fact, a gateway drug. While he may not think that marijuana is addictive, it is. Withdrawal symptoms include irritability and anxiety. He tells me it helps him with his anxiety, but apparently his anxiety is from not being high. We were in a relationship long before he became addicted to opiates and I stood by him and did everything I could to help him when he was trying to get sober, but now, months later, he insists on smoking pot. He doesn't consider using marijuana to be relapsing but it's a drug and he IS a drug addict.

Can anyone help me explain this in a way he might understand? Or give me advice on what to do next

You can always threaten to leave him and say that you are not willing to stick by him and support him while he self destructs, and stick to your guns about it even though it might be hard. Eventually he will come back when he realizes that you are more important then a stupid drug. He got to find a reason to stay sober. Him smoking weed is just going to lead to one drug to the next like you already know. This is tough question girl! I'm a recovering addict. I have gone back and smoked weed a few times, but now i can't stand the way it makes me feel so i don't do it. Hopefully it will be the same for him. It is so hard to get through to an addict sometimes. It's like nothing can come in between them and there drugs. I'm sorry that i can't help you more but i wish you luck and take care.

2008-07-11 11:15:09 by Renee

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I don't understand how people can preach against marijuana when most of the health risks and dangers have been scientifically proven to be false. At one time it was said that smoking weed could, over time, cause brain damage and could also result in an increased risk of lung cancer, but it has never been proven. There has never been a single report of death or lung cancer in users caused purely by marijuana, and in fact, a study in 2006 actually showed that even heavy users had no sign of increased risk of cancer. Also, current medical tests used to detect brain damage have yet to link brain damage of any sort to the use of marijuana, even in heavy users. Most of the health claims were based on reports that date back a quarter of a century, which had never been supported by scientific study. There has never been convincing evidence that marijuana has any harmful effects on the human body at all. Why then is it that this substance is illegal, however, tobacco and alcohol is legal within public acceptance and an age limit? Tobacco is the second leading cause of death world-wide with an annual death rate of over 440,000 for three reasons - lung cancer, COPD, and cardiovascular disease. Marijuana does not. People smoke weed for the same reason people drink: euphoria. But alcohol, too, has been linked to a proven increased risk of various types of cancer, brain damage, kidney failure, and even strokes. Not only that, but alcohol is the cause of a staggering two million deaths a year world-wide, namely alcohol related car accidents. How often do you hear of someone getting in a head on collision because they were high? And while overdosing on marijuana is physically impossible, alcohol poisoning is actually more common than people think, and is sometimes fatal. I also strongly disagree with the people that say that marijuana is dangerous in the fact that it can be highly addictive. No it can't. The only reason marijuana is ever addictive, as with any substance, is because you have poor self-control. If you can't restrain yourself from taking certain actions and limiting your intake, then maybe you are the one who shouldn't be using the substance. It is not marijuana's fault that you can't realize what is a priority in your life, nor is marijuana the addiction problem. You are. It's the people that can't comprehend what is important in life, and what is not, and they need to learn to excersize self-control before you start blaming a substance for their own shorcomings like it's some kind of crusade against weed. You calling it an "addiction", like it couldn't have been prevented, is just a fine way to relinquish responsibility for their actions. It is only an "addiction" if you let it be, and just because a handful of people lacked the self-control to be responsible with a substance doesn't mean it's dangerous. I am 18 years old, I get straight A's in school, and I smoke weed occassionally. However, I also know how to use it in moderation so it will never get to a point in my life where I feel the need to do it, and I could easily choose not to. If everybody was able to do that, what do you think the general point of view would be? Why are you against using the substance, other than because it is illegal? What if it wasn't? Tobacco and alcohol is more dangerous and addictive than marijuana will ever be, so when it boils down to it what do you think the real reason is for it being illegal, when tobacco and alcohol is not? Because government can't put a tax on it? Sorry for all the questions, it's just something I've been wondering about. :)
Thank you for giving me honest, serious answers. I had asked this in a different category and instead of answering my questions, they just flamed me for being a "hippie" who gets straight A's but "can't break my rant into paragraphs" and such. I love how defensive people get, and they start making ridiculous assumptions. :)
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The government could put a tax on it, in fact the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act was the first step in criminalizing the plant:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937_Marihuana_Tax_Act

Chemical and paper corporations didn't want to compete with hemp so they drummed up some BS stories (Reefer Madness), raised the tax dramatically, and their lobbyists helped to push through legislation making the plant illegal & labeling (falsely so) a narcotic.

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http://www.chrisconrad.com/

2009-07-05 08:04:22 by j.lynn&lt;3

and why do i search for Codeine in pain killers and it makes me in a very good calm mood ?
why does many kinds of addictions cause you nose bleeding?

no it doesn't help....

2009-06-15 05:07:43 by black heart