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Old Mar 29, 2017, 05:30 PM
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Do you guys think people can have an addiction to weed? I've met a lot of people who believe that it's not possible and some who believe you can. Just curious if I can post an issue here

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Old Mar 29, 2017, 05:53 PM
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Do you guys think people can have an addiction to weed? I've met a lot of people who believe that it's not possible and some who believe you can. Just curious if I can post an issue here
Physical withdrawals seem to happen to some people but not most... psychological addictions or what they call process addictions are very real and hard to overcome though
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Old Mar 30, 2017, 06:28 AM
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Definitely people can be addicted to weed. I've been in rehab, for alcohol, along with people who were in for weed addiction, and they have just as hard a time as everyone else.

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Old Apr 01, 2017, 03:25 AM
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I agree with you both. But I don't think it's a common belief. I've been watching my husband struggle with it for years now. But I believe it depends on the person. Anyways, thanks for the responses
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i was into it for awhile but was able to stop...nothing like addiction to alcohol, zanax and opiates though...just my story
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I think people can be addicted to it. My husband is. He can't stop.

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Old Apr 02, 2017, 10:52 AM
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It's called Marijuana Use Disorder: https://www.drugabuse.gov/publicatio...uana-addictive

Depends on when you started using, as to how "addicted" you might get. I personally think of it as being a bit similar to tobacco. I know my husband could not stop smoking his cigarettes, was on his death bed with his hands unconsciously going through the motions of smoking (fingers spread slightly as if holding a cigarette, arm rhythmically going up and down, rubbing his upper lip and then back to his side). After 60 years, it was his "comfort". But it caused the GERD that caused the cancer that killed him at only 72.
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