| Marijuana addiction is a subject that got off to quite | | | | the large majority of smokers who want marijuana |
| a bad start. Propaganda from the US government | | | | use to become un-demonized, perhaps even legalized |
| decades ago, when marijuana was relatively rare and | | | | and regulated, when some users report that they are |
| most Americans had not tried it (unlike the current | | | | indeed marijuana addicts, tried and true. |
| state of affairs, in which most Americans have taken | | | | What does it mean for them when they say they |
| a puff, and yes, mostly all of them did inhale), didn't | | | | are addicted? |
| really set the course for intelligent discussion based | | | | The type of behavior noted as common includes a |
| on - what do you call it? - oh yea, the facts! | | | | generalized feeling of anxiety that is only taken away |
| Marijuana was akin to the devils weed, and all sorts | | | | when the user resumes smoking. Insomnia - not |
| of nasty tactics were used to demonize it, including | | | | being able to fall asleep - is also common. Crankiness, |
| strange racist propaganda, oddly enough. | | | | uneasiness, and a tendency to just be no fun to be |
| Growing up taking DARE classes - (Drug Abuse | | | | around if an addict hasn't smoked is something |
| Resistance Eduction) - most American kids are taught | | | | reported by many users, and, perhaps even more by |
| that marijuana is a drug you can addicted to, like | | | | their loved ones who have to be around them. Users |
| other addictive drugs. Reality kicks in a few years | | | | report going through cold sweat like they've |
| later, when kids try marijuana for the first time, and | | | | contracted the flue upon quitting. Some people report |
| by and large, they get high, and life goes on, and no | | | | losing their appetite and feeling depressed. |
| one suffers from any sort of addiction nightmare. | | | | Oh, and I forgot to mention another biggy - a |
| But life is strange, and it's not as black and white as a | | | | complete compulsion to go out and get some |
| DARE pamphlet, nor is it as free-going as a Cypress | | | | marijuana and get really high in order to feel better. |
| Hill song on the benefits of regularly "smoking up." | | | | So while the press, the smoker community, and drug |
| There's a small percentage of regular smokers who | | | | researchers debate the specifics of marijuana |
| freely note that they are addicted to marijuana. This | | | | addiction, some users down in the trenches are |
| is not something that even others who smoke | | | | reporting the real deal - it does happen to some of |
| regularly want to hear. It's somewhat of a threat to | | | | them, and when it does, it is no fun. |