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Marijuana - Addiction and Treatment

More the 150,000 individuals enter treatment each year.


Symptoms of Marijuana Addiction:

  • Marijuana tolerance: Either need for markedly increased amounts of marijuana to achieve intoxication, or markedly diminished effect with continued use of the same amount of marijuana.
  • Greater use of marijuana than intended; marijuana taken in larger amounts or over a longer period than was intended.
  • Unsuccessful efforts to cut down or control marijuana use.
  • A great deal of time spent in using marijuana.
  • Continued marijuana use despite knowing it will cause significant problems.

Marijuana is both emotionally and mentally addictive.


Marijuana addiction in a no-win situation.

The cost of marijuana addiction to the individual who allows their addiction to escalate may suffer health and social consequences, memory and learning problems, problems at work or even result in losing a job because of high absenteeism. Those who isolate themselves from friends and family often put a heavy strain on relationships with loved ones. There is a vicious cycle to marijuana addiction in which these problems are often used as a rational to smoke even more pot. Marijuana addiction is a no-win situation that many unintentionally fall into (the drug that is causing the problem becomes the solution to the problem it caused).

Almost Every Marijuana Addict Believes They Can Stop Without Help.

In early stages of marijuana use, almost every marijuana addict believes that they can end their marijuana use without help. Unfortunately, most attempts at ending marijuana addiction without professional help result in failure. The individual is never able to achieve long-term abstinence. Research has shown that long-term marijuana use results in significant changes in the user's brain function that persists long after the individual stops using drugs. These marijuana-induced changes in brain function may have many behavioral consequences including the compulsion to use marijuana despite adverse effects. This is the defining characteristic of marijuana addiction.

Addiction to marijuana is severe due to its effect on the user's brain.


Source: Marijuana Addiction Information and Treatment  & Marijuana Detox


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