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What are the signs of marijuana abuse?
- By Addiction Alternatives
- Published 08/20/2008
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Some marijuana users will experience unusual or aberrant anxiety or depression, and they will find that marijuana provides short-term relief from these emotional problems.
At the same time, when they use marijuana regularly in this fashion in response to emotional difficulties or stress, their reliance on marijuana to regulate their mood exacerbates these emotional problems.
From article: Marijuana Is Addictive - So What?, by Stanton Peele.
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The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as
the cannabis capital of the world. Despite tougher drug policies in this country, Americans were
twice as likely to have tried marijuana than the Dutch, according to
the survey. In fact, Americans were more likely to have tried marijuana or cocaine than people in any of 16 other countries.
Teens
who smoke nicotine cigarettes are 14 times likelier to try marijuana,
six times likelier to be able to buy marijuana in an hour or less and
18 times likelier to report that most of their friends smoke marijuana.
Marijuana
is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. More teens
enter treatment centers because of marijuana dependence than they do
for all other illegal drugs combined. Heavy marijuana use has also been
proven to hinder life achievement in
areas such as physical and mental health, cognitive abilities, social
life and career status.
Marijuana
appears to have medical utility and federal constraints
should be lifted so that the drug's medical uses can be studied, the
American College of Physicians said in a new policy statement. Reuters
reported Feb. 15 that the group -- the second-largest doctors'
professional organization in the U.S. -- called for ending the federal
ban on medical-marijuana use and more funding for medical-marijuana
research.
At the same time, when they use marijuana regularly in this fashion in response to emotional difficulties or stress, their reliance on marijuana to regulate their mood exacerbates these emotional problems.
From article: Marijuana Is Addictive - So What?, by Stanton Peele.
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While
a broad view of addictive drugs includes marijuana, at the same time it
makes the importance of the addictiveness of marijuana a less critical
argument against marijuana use.
Marijuana
is the illegal drug most often used in this country. Since 1991,
lifetime marijuana use has almost doubled among 8th- and 10th-grade
students, and increased by a third among high school seniors.
A
study funded by the Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) says that teen
marijuana use has fallen during the past decade in states that have
passed medical-marijuana laws.
The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as
the cannabis capital of the world. Despite tougher drug policies in this country, Americans were
twice as likely to have tried marijuana than the Dutch, according to
the survey. In fact, Americans were more likely to have tried marijuana or cocaine than people in any of 16 other countries.Teens
who smoke nicotine cigarettes are 14 times likelier to try marijuana,
six times likelier to be able to buy marijuana in an hour or less and
18 times likelier to report that most of their friends smoke marijuana.A
study of drug use among young men suggests that those who used
marijuana before trying alcohol or tobacco were about as likely to
develop an addiction problem as those who drank or smoked before using
marijuana.
Marijuana
is the most commonly used illegal drug in the United States. More teens
enter treatment centers because of marijuana dependence than they do
for all other illegal drugs combined. Heavy marijuana use has also been
proven to hinder life achievement in
areas such as physical and mental health, cognitive abilities, social
life and career status.TV host Montel Williams uses marijuana to relieve chronic pain, and urges lawmakers to enact medical marijuana laws.
Marijuana
appears to have medical utility and federal constraints
should be lifted so that the drug's medical uses can be studied, the
American College of Physicians said in a new policy statement. Reuters
reported Feb. 15 that the group -- the second-largest doctors'
professional organization in the U.S. -- called for ending the federal
ban on medical-marijuana use and more funding for medical-marijuana
research.Marijuana is a green or gray mixture of dried, shredded flowers and leaves of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa.
There are over 200 slang terms for marijuana including "pot," "herb,"
"weed," "boom," "Mary Jane," "gangster," and "chronic." It is usually
smoked as a cigarette (called a joint or a nail) or in a pipe or bong.
