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Are You Addicted to Marijuana?

Guest Poster Marla on 03 Jan 2010

Do you ever wonder if your desire to smoke marijuana and get high regularly could be considered something of an addiction?

The entire topic of marijuana addiction is shrouded in smoke (no pun intended). Studies show that the addictive properties of other drugs – well known hard drugs such as cocaine, meth, speed along with popular legal drugs such as caffeine and alcohol – are far more addictive than marijuana.

But does addiction work the same way?

I think not.

I find that marijuana can be very addictive – and here’s the kicker where everyone rolls their eyes, get ready for it! But weed can be addictive not necessarily physically but psychologically.

Now I almost hate to put it in those words because there’s this weird bias where if something is psychologically addictive, people react like it’s no big deal. “Oh, well yea- of course it could be addictive in a psychological way, as if that doesn’t mean it’s not still an addiction. What the heck?

Having an addiction, whether mental or physical, is still an addiction, and it still bears the same problems that come about when there’s an addiction in someone’s life.

If you think you are addicted, one good litmus test is trying to stop smoking weed. Are you able to? What happens when you try to quit smoking marijuana? Do you kinda of freak out mentally? Or is it no big deal?

I think if the thought of quitting makes someone secretly a little bit panicked, then they should try it and see what happens. I know for me that quitting after smoking about every day for a year led to insomnia for about a week. That was it. But others who have smoked for years or decades report for worse marijuana withdrawal experiences, akin to a “real” physical drug addiction like the kind most people think of when they imagine someone going through detox. If you think you may be addicted, it may be worth it to try kicking the habit once and for all.