| Physical Marijuana Addiction does not exist. This fact | | | | was actually the lowest of all substances the study |
| is the only honest way to start any article on | | | | reviewed. |
| Marijuana addiction. Former marijuana smokers stand | | | | Investigation into the phenomenon of mental |
| in stark contrast to former cigarette smokers, just | | | | marijuana addiction generally finds that the patient is |
| ask a former smoker. The marijuana smoker (or | | | | actually Physically Addicted to much more harmful |
| Cannabis smoker, as they are called in legal/medical | | | | substances (tobacco, opiates, alcohol, caffeine) and |
| circles) answer to how they stopped smoking | | | | whilst there are Marijuana addiction Treatment |
| Cannabis is generally along the lines of "I just stopped | | | | programs throughout the united states, investigation |
| smoking Cannabis", seems simple, because it is, | | | | shows that the majority of those in Marijuana |
| marijuana is not addictive. The cigarette smoker will | | | | treatment facilities are not having problems quitting |
| normally recount that it took an extraordinary | | | | marijuana, rather they were caught using marijuana |
| amount of effort and willpower to achieve this feet, | | | | by law enforcement or their school and have entered |
| some do it cold turkey, others use everything from | | | | treatment as an alternatives to harsher punishment. |
| hypnosis, the patch, drugs like Wellbutrin, smoking | | | | Since the legalization of Medical Cannabis doctors |
| cessation programs... the list is long and interestingly | | | | have found amazing results in using Marijuana for |
| includes Cannabis (Medical Marijuana is indicated for | | | | addiction recovery. Doctors know that opiates, whilst |
| addiction recovery and available in states like | | | | regularly prescribed for pain management, are not |
| California for those looking for a herbal remedy). | | | | only addictive but have some dangerous side effects |
| It is important to note that medicating with Cannabis | | | | that get worse with prolonged use. The Marijuana |
| is a pleasurable experience for many, there is a small | | | | safety profile is outstanding and doctors in states |
| subset of users that will develop a mental marijuana | | | | with legal medical marijuana are regularly |
| addiction. In the 1994 National Comorbidity Survey, | | | | recommending marijuana to patients suffering from |
| 9% of those who used marijuana became | | | | opiate addiction. Cannabis has been shown to help |
| "dependent" (although that does not mean that they | | | | patients both reduce and totally eliminate their opiate |
| became daily marijuana smokers). Cannabis | | | | intake. |
| "dependence", or the mental marijuana addiction rate, | | | | |