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Study from 'Marijuana Prevention' group says marijuana is bad.

What's the issue? They posted truth(mostly), but used leading, and loaded verbiage. People get "addicted" to a lot of things, and have behavior changes when the thing is removed. It's not a positive or a negative, just a fact of life.
 
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marijuana prevention group tries to research something that has been around, used and studied for thousands of years?
 
There is no doubt you get withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoke on daily basis.

Heck you get withdrawal symptoms even when you vaporize.

Ask me how I know.

Personally I didn't think they were bad or hard to handle at all, but some people do struggle with it (depends on will power).
 
Vdubchaos said:
There is no doubt you get withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoke on daily basis.

Heck you get withdrawal symptoms even when you vaporize.

Ask me how I know.

Personally I didn't think they were bad or hard to handle at all, but some people do struggle with it (depends on will power).
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you mean for the 2 or 3 days after you stop? where its hard to fall asleep? i would hardly call that withdrawl...
 
I hate how the term "addiction" is thrown around. I could argue that I'm addicted to the internet. When I don't have access to it, it can noticeably change my behavior (mostly complaining because I don't have the internet). And, if given a chance to use it, I will! I'm also addicted to my bed. I have a very hard time sleeping in things that aren't MY bed. I also get kind of sick and dead if I don't eat food. Addiction!

Humans experience withdrawals when they no longer have access to something they became very used to having in their lives. That doesn't meant they were "addicted" to that thing. Now, to what extent marijuana withdrawal is due to a legitimate physical addiction, I don't know. Having used quite a bit of it on a regular basis, I've never noticed signs of physical addiction, and stopping for weeks at a time is not even an issue. Have I noticed signs of mental addiction and withdrawal? Yep. Especially when it comes to sleeping, but that's like trying to sleep in a dead silent room when you're used to having a fan going in the background.

Is it a big deal? Hell no. It's just like any other "addiction" or "dependency" that isn't brought about from a true physical addiction.
 
That article is true, but I think they overblown it. Like anything you enjoy doing, if quit it cold turkey, you will go into forms if withdrawals.

I was in Hawaii for vacation for a week. When I got back to work after the trip, I was rather grumpy.

I'm at work and some days I'd rather be at home playing video games instead.

So what's the fucking point of the article?
 
wirednuts said:
you mean for the 2 or 3 days after you stop? where its hard to fall asleep? i would hardly call that withdrawl...
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That's exactly what it is, withdrawal. That's how these jokers try to push their agendas. Withdrawal implies cold sweats, shaking, hallucinations, and possible death to most people. Withdrawal also means minor sleep disruption, headaches, or any other almost inconsequential symptom.
 
lxskllr said:
That's exactly what it is, withdrawal. That's how these jokers try to push their agendas. Withdrawal implies cold sweats, shaking, hallucinations, and possible death to most people. Withdrawal also means minor sleep disruption, headaches, or any other almost inconsequential symptom.
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ive felt worse after a jog then i do quitting weed....
 
wirednuts said:
you mean for the 2 or 3 days after you stop? where its hard to fall asleep? i would hardly call that withdrawl...
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Correct, just about

my symptoms are pretty weak...but I know people that go thru much harder time.

Sleeping is an issue but also:
very "on the edge" nerve wise
mild depression/feeling down

Know few that get head aches

Again, this is all mild IMO. I have worse withdrawal from quitting caffeine.
 
lxskllr said:
That's exactly what it is, withdrawal. That's how these jokers try to push their agendas. Withdrawal implies cold sweats, shaking, hallucinations, and possible death to most people. Withdrawal also means minor sleep disruption, headaches, or any other almost inconsequential symptom.
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What I thought exactly. The average person equates withdrawal symptoms to the likes of those experienced by heroin, benzo, or alcohol addicts - drugs that seriously fuck with your system. This shit is minor and nothing to get hung up over. Pop a couple Advil and sleep aides for a couple days and you're back to normal.

I quit smoking weed cold turkey a few years ago. I think I was mildly irritable for a couple days after and that was the extent of it for me.
 
I think it's safe to say (where we are today) that you should be AS afraid of prescription drugs as some HEAVY HARD CORE street drugs.

Prescription drug = last resort

In our little 45k town....and pretty sure around America we have a EPIDEMIC when it comes to perscription drugs. It's scary. Once a year I hear about someone from my high school ODing on Prescription drugs.

If you find that pot helps you more.....dump the rest and go with it.

My wife's aunt has MS and cannot stop shaking/live without it......
 
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lxskllr said:
What's the issue? They posted truth(mostly), but used leading, and loaded verbiage. People get "addicted" to a lot of things, and have behavior changes when the thing is removed. It's not a positive or a negative, just a fact of life.
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That's the thing. It was slanted to take every shot at making pot seem more dangerous than it really is. It's reefer madness basically making mountains out of molehills.
 
One big reason for withdrawal symptoms is that most people that smoke a lot of pot use it to self medicate. People that don't use it as medication don't require it for normal functionality and are therefore just recreational users and won't likely use that much of it. But for those that are self medicating when they remove pot all the reasons they used pot come back and they aren't able to handle them.
 
Vdubchaos said:
There is no doubt you get withdrawal symptoms when you quit smoke on daily basis.

Heck you get withdrawal symptoms even when you vaporize.

Ask me how I know.

Personally I didn't think they were bad or hard to handle at all, but some people do struggle with it (depends on will power).
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no shit. doesn't everything related to consumption depend on will power in some form or fashion?
 
I just recently quit smoking weed cold turkey, the only problem I had was going to sleep for a few days. My sleep schedule is back to normal now.
 
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