True or false on marijuana and “addiction”?
Question by Prince of Persia: True or false on marijuana and “addiction”?
Regular users of marijuana experience no physical addiction but only a psychological one. True or false? Please explain if you can. Thanks.
So far, I think you’re all wrong. Putting aside chemo patients (fighting nausea) and those with glaucoma and chronic pain, marijuana is used to fight stress, depression, anxiety, and anger among those who use it. Many have disorders they are managing.
Like medicines you get from the pharmacy (instead of using what Allah provided which is far less harmful than almost any one of the pharmaceuticals if you need to do either long-term, it’s in the research), the THC affects your brain chemistry. The affects of it as a medicine are real, which means it is not a psychological addiction, it is a physical one, something the person needs to alter their brain chemistry to keep them out of anger, anxiety, panic, stress, and/or severe depression being driven by brain chemistry. It’s affect is to calm the person and have them feel better but it is done through altering the brain chemistry not through pyschological mechanisms.
A person who smokes for several months or years and tries to quit..
…suddenly will experience physical withdrawal symptoms. I live in a place where there are many people suffering from these disorders acquired in the chaos and traumas of living in poverty in America, many out of abusive childhoods or other trauma situation (war veterans, whatever, there is plenty of chaos and trauma in the world to go around), and where use of this plant provided by Allah is prevalent. In fact, it is more unusual where I come from to meet someone who doesn’t smoke than does. It relieves stress and helps keep them from outbursting in violent anger, it gives hope. I’ve seen several times others have withdrawal symptoms and have experienced them myself, because I also have some of these disorders.
On a psychological level, I have found the desire to smoke is greatly less now that I have advanced so far in my recovery. But that’s because my brain chemistry has changed over time so I’m not feeling stressed or anxious or angry. The marijuana was a vital key in that.
I used to walk around in pain all the time. Constant, because I was so severely stressed from the post traumatic stress disorder, that I was constantly all the time tense or afraid and “on guard.” My back hurt ALL the time, not back pain, like “ouch, I lifted to much and strained my back,” but tension from being “on guard” all the time (it’s called “hyper vigilance”).
In times of extreme stress, my legs start to shake and hurt also. Ouch, it is so painful.
I’m sorry others don’t understand. They should consider themselves very very lucky and pray they will never be in a position where they are forced to gain understanding out of necessity of their situations.
Anyhow, it is I think a complex relationship between psychological and physical in this case.
Lol, it doesn’t turn you into a vegetable or make it impossible for you to work. I know so many who work while stoned, lol, I’m not saying they should, I’m just saying I know them and they do. It calms you, relieves stress, makes you feel better, slows you down and encourages inner reflection. Remember, still waters run deep.
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Answer by C o n f u c i a n
True, a very strong psychological addiction that is difficult to break…
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