Stop debating and watch the video below. It should be all you need to make your decision. To summarize it, yes there are risks. My opinion is that it is up to each individual to figure out whether the risks are worth it.
Does THC deprivation last a life time?
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To me the risks are worth it. I just prefer the taste of a nice joint then some alcohol.
From both my own and my friends experiences I can tell that weed is not chemicly addictive, only psychological. I could easily stop for weeks in a row.
From both my own and my friends experiences I can tell that weed is not chemicly addictive, only psychological. I could easily stop for weeks in a row.
Smoking addiction goes away in 24 hours!? Hahaha, you've clearly never watched someone quit smoking. My mum was the most horrible person for about a month after she quit. Apparently, they classify you as having quit when you've not had a cigarette in 5 years. Not 24 hours.theSHAH said:
As for weed, it isn't addictive in a chemical sense, but people can be mentally addicted, and want some. But the most important thing is that it's not really any of your business if she has an occasional joint. Just because she is your girlfriend doesn't mean you can run her life. As long as she isn't lighting up when she's with you, it's none of your concern.
There's the physical addiction, there's the mental addiction and then there's the mindset.theSHAH said:
Kicking the physical addiction is easy, the mental addiction is harder but should easily be doable in anywhere from 3 to 12 months.
Getting oneself out of the mindset is something else. She has to decide for herself that she doesn't want to smoke after all, so its not an addiction at all its simply a matter of choice. That doesn't necessarily make it easy though.
This is based on my own experience with daily marijuana use for 3-4 years and subsequently quitting it, so I'm not just guessing either
I just like that when we want something that isn't 100% socially acceptable we only want it due to chemical dependency or addiction and not because some people find it enjoyable.
Just to point out you're only half right.Owyn_Merrilin said:
Weed, especially the higher strength weed you get nowadays, is almost always cut with tobacco, which contains nicotine. Nicotine is physically addictive.
The only thing which protects weed smokers from physical addiction is the fact that they usually smoke less frequently than pure tobacco smokers. The same is true of all the other health risks of tobacco smoking.
Anything which directly stimulates the direct production of neurotransmitters artificially can lead to a blocking of receptors by the brain to compensate, creating a neurological dependency. The idea of a hard distinction between 'physically addictive' drugs like cocaine and heroin and 'psychologically addictive' drugs like everything else is flawed. Most psychological addictions have a chemical or neurological cause.
That craving is probably symptomatic of a high level of insulin, which is produced when you eat a lot of sugar (or other food with a high glycemic index) all at once.BarbaricGoose said:
Then when you stop eating high GI food, your blood sugar drops because the insulin keeps converting the sugar you do have into gylcogen (the substance your body uses to store sugar for later use) which gives you the feeling of having low energy and wanting to eat more high energy food.
It's not an 'addiction' because it's not neurological, but it has a clear physical cause.
Everything is bad for you, the key is moderation.Zorpheus said:
This is partially true, the reason for the psychological addiction is the high brought on by the physical effects of THC. The difference is that unlike anything which causes a definitive physical addiction your body won't go through any withdrawal symptoms from a lack of THC in your system. You can still crave it but not on a level the same as Alcohol or Nicotine.evilthecat said:
She will want to go back to Cigarettes for the rest of her life.
Just like alcoholism, it can't be cured, it has to be constantly fought.
It's usually a matter of time before someone falls into a bad pattern.
I never encountered the same problem with Marijuana though, I think you're safe.
Just like alcoholism, it can't be cured, it has to be constantly fought.
It's usually a matter of time before someone falls into a bad pattern.
I never encountered the same problem with Marijuana though, I think you're safe.
Not a life time, no. I stopped smoking for a few years. I quit smoking for a month before ME2 lol. I smoke now, and at work we're all smokers in the kitchen. (Who doesn';t like blazing with their chef before a 300 cover night?) THC isn't as addicting as nicotine or caffine IMO. That may just be me. And on that note... time to go get baked.
Marijuana does not cause physical addiction. You can become psychologically addicted to weed but that's a completely different thing.
Weed isn't an addictive substance, a habit is a habit.
I smoked pot from age 12 to 24, and almost daily from 19-24. When I decided to get back to school and accomplish something I knew that part of my life was over. Moving to a new place, doing new things and hanging with new people all my habits changed and honestly I really don't, and never did miss it. It was just what I did at the time.
I smoked pot from age 12 to 24, and almost daily from 19-24. When I decided to get back to school and accomplish something I knew that part of my life was over. Moving to a new place, doing new things and hanging with new people all my habits changed and honestly I really don't, and never did miss it. It was just what I did at the time.
If she's gone two years without smoking, she's not addicted. Also, she doesn't "need" to smoke like she says, it's more that she just wants to smoke for whatever reason; maybe something is stressing her out, or maybe she's just bored of routine stuff, who the hell knows.
Chemical addictions do not last a lifetime, the body eventually flushes them out and you get over it. That's the cold turkey period when you feel like hell. Beyond that it's habitual. Sticking some rolled up paper in your mouth can often assuage the habitual part. On another note; i have gotten high what, 4 times in my life and occasionally feel like doing so. But don't. Thats another part, self control. You want to, but probably shouldn't. Thats my two penneth.
Lololol what? She probably wants to smoke again because it's awesome, not because of any addiction. Certainly not after this long.
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You don't go through a withdrawal when you quit smoking weed the way you would with say nicotine, alcohol, or heroin. You go through "Man - I really wish I was high, right now".
That's not to say that its not addictive - just that you don't form a chemical dependence on it. You can still get addicted to it the way you can get addicted to anything that makes you feel good. It's still hard as fuck to quit when you are addicted - it just isn't going to make you physically ill when you try.
That's also not to say that constantly smoking pot won't cause health or mental issues. Its all about moderation, and if you can manage that - getting stoned once in awhile probably isn't going to be a big deal for you. If you let yourself become a total stoner and try get high as often as possible it will destroy your life just like any other addiction.
if someone gets addicted to pot, its mental, friend of mine smoked quite alot of weed and since its illegal in my country he couldnt get it every time he wanted, so he started smoking reqular tobaco, he had gotten used to smoking so much that he NEEDED to smoke something when weed wasnt aviable
THC deprivation does not last a lifetime. The desire to do something you like generally does though.