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Weed is no where near as physically addictive as coke... I dont care what any studies say
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Weed is no where near as physically addictive as coke... I dont care what any studies say
- Jan 15, 2008
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where did I say YOU have no self control. You smoke week everyday and are ok with it....fine. that's you.
like I said... just like any drug.. there are people who are more prone to addiction than others.
sheesh... people are so defensive
- Oct 6, 2003
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No one is saying it is. But weed and other drugs SUCH AS cocaine, are addictive more so psychologically.
- Sep 16, 2004
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Ok I see what your saying now
- Nov 27, 2006
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It has to start with him first...he prolly just smokes himself crazy because he knows that he F'ed up...the people around him just have to come together toshow him that he can get back on track...
- Jan 15, 2008
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I feel bad for OP cuz he's sincerely worried about his friend... But, he's obviously gettin by doing what he's doing. Something has to change withthe way he's being taken care of by whoever it is that feeds, clothes, and houses him. If it takes rehab to get him on his feet again then shame on him forhaving no willpower at all to just stop what he's doing and get a job. geez.
- Nov 6, 2008
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but i dont know if i'd say that cocaine is just as addictive mentally & it is physically. I actually think cocaine is actually pretty damnphysically addictive. not to the extent of crack cocaine or crystal meth, but still pretty high.
- May 2, 2001
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Just b/c YOU can smoke weed everyday doesn't mean it's the same for the next person...so again.. you're just wholly ignorant of thepsychology of addition if you think it boils down to something as simple as no self control.
- Sep 16, 2004
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Exactly what I was about to post.... Dude is 27 and his moms is still cleaning up his messes. Im sure shes giving him his money to support hishabit
Until that changes, your boy aint gonna change.
- Oct 6, 2003
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Basically what it boils down to is the worse the withdrawal the more physically addictive that drug is. Alcohol is one of the worse, the DTs can kill you. Andof course opiates are bad as well. It's the physical dependence on that drug in order to just be baseline normal - not even high, just to function normallythat drug is required.
The term addiction is kind of a misnomer, it's more like weed and cocaine are not drugs that have the physical dependence that other hard drugs have.
The term addiction is kind of a misnomer, it's more like weed and cocaine are not drugs that have the physical dependence that other hard drugs have.
marleysprotege
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sorry dirty, but i have to agree with stangz ...
ive seen it firsthand, people choose to continue to smoke weed and people dont ... i grew up the same way all my friends did, but i chose a different path ...i was smoking as much as they were, but it came to a point where i had more self control and just stopped ...
people like to claim that "you dont know how it is to be addicted until you are addicted" ... well "you cant claim to know that marijuana isaddicting unless youve smoked it" ... been there done that, and its not addicting ...
ive seen it firsthand, people choose to continue to smoke weed and people dont ... i grew up the same way all my friends did, but i chose a different path ...i was smoking as much as they were, but it came to a point where i had more self control and just stopped ...
people like to claim that "you dont know how it is to be addicted until you are addicted" ... well "you cant claim to know that marijuana isaddicting unless youve smoked it" ... been there done that, and its not addicting ...
- Aug 3, 2006
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Damn thats's a crazy story...i've never heard of someone's life goin down the drain because of smoking weed
I think you should look into it andask different places that have admited people for smoking too much weed because if I was ever in the same situation I would want my friend to help me as muchas possible
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Another thing, Are you sure weed is the only drug your man is doing?
- Jan 15, 2008
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...don't make assumptions about people you know nothing about.
and even IF someone hasn't done any drugs... that doesn't negate them from the argument at hand. That's a foolish leg to stand on in an argument on addiction.
Since we're on the topic of assumptions, don't assume I made an assumption about you BEFORE you revise my post... I clearly said, "BTW,IF...."
So considereing I said "IF", obviously I wasn't assuming anything about you..
No, it doesn't negate them.... Once again I find myself having to repeat every damn thing I say to clarify where I stand. I said,"...I'm donehaving this debate with you"... I didn't say you're not allowed to have input, etc... You can have all the input you want, but at the end ofthe day, what you know from a book, magazine, etc., doesn't compare to what you'd know from actual experience. Don't tell me otherwisebecause I've experienced and seen plenty of different things in life and they were NOT the way the books/everyone else/friends/teachers/parents/the worldsaid they would be.
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Umm.. that dude is definitely doing something else besides bud.
Or he's just using it as an excuse to act like a damn fool. Because I know for a fact that as a avid burner of the devil's lettuce for like 5 years nowI've never been too high that I **** on myself. Probably just too bent to stand up or whatever, but when you doing foolishness like that you need to getsmacked in the face & wake him up.
Like talking to dude isn't going to help.. You see him like that again whoop his $+* & tell me if that don't sober him up.
He's 27 living with his moms too.. Like no offense to whoever does that, but if you 27 & your moms determines when you wake up & whether or not youhave your car keys then you are losing the game of life & need a reality check.
It's people like that that make bud look bad & make it seem like weed is a worse then it really is.
Some people should be burning & others no.
Or he's just using it as an excuse to act like a damn fool. Because I know for a fact that as a avid burner of the devil's lettuce for like 5 years nowI've never been too high that I **** on myself. Probably just too bent to stand up or whatever, but when you doing foolishness like that you need to getsmacked in the face & wake him up.
Like talking to dude isn't going to help.. You see him like that again whoop his $+* & tell me if that don't sober him up.
He's 27 living with his moms too.. Like no offense to whoever does that, but if you 27 & your moms determines when you wake up & whether or not youhave your car keys then you are losing the game of life & need a reality check.
It's people like that that make bud look bad & make it seem like weed is a worse then it really is.
Some people should be burning & others no.
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Thank you.
Dirty is right that it could be different for other people though... But, nothing has ever arised from weed like this story the OP has told us. There's gotta be more to his friend's problems than Marijuana.
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please...it doesn't take a genius to know what you were implying.
- Nov 6, 2007
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wow to wake up to this i love NT lol
- Sep 16, 2004
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Also, from what I can tell from your story, your boy is either doing other drugs or hes suffering from depression. I just cant see weed doing that to him byitself
- Oct 13, 2008
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some of yall are like MJ is not addicting, are u kidding me? i could honestly say it is. Its a routine that people get use to doing, sometimes its hard tochange it.
But for real tho, are you sure MJ is the only drug he is doing? i have tons of friends that smoke and they are doing fine. I dont understand how a 27 year oldcould be so unresponsible.. and im just 20 with a job, going to college and smokes about every other day.
But for real tho, are you sure MJ is the only drug he is doing? i have tons of friends that smoke and they are doing fine. I dont understand how a 27 year oldcould be so unresponsible.. and im just 20 with a job, going to college and smokes about every other day.
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hahahahaha wow....Coming from the "administrator" Holy power trip.... Get off your horse, there's no way you can tell what I was, or wasn'timplying. We're typing, not speaking. You can't tell the tone of my voice lolol You're gonna tell me what I"M implying?!?!? hahahahaYOU'RE GONNA TELL ME WHAT I WAS IMPLYING?!?!?!?!? LMAO OK , now I'm really done cuz how could I ever have the last word with the"administrator"? You can have the floor and do whatever you'd like with it.... I won't reply. Trust me. I was just trying to answer theOP's question. Like a dictatorship in here... OK, I'm really done now.
marleysprotege
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- Dec 12, 2005
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its a routine but if you can still function, whats the problem? this guy is obviously on some other other type *%@@ ... ir by the way
tmukg21
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the first step is admitting it......
you may function better in society but you still an addict
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yo what are you on? let me get some of that.. lol..
- Oct 31, 2005
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The effects of weed is not the same for everyone. Just because you may "control" your psychological addiction (and yes, you are addicted since you doit every day) doesn't mean everyone else can.
And it's pretty OBVIOUS he lacks self-control...thank you for further validating my need to intervene.
Where does he get the money? He worked in finance for four years. He was a damn workhorse too. If anything, his job is probably what caused it; working 8AM-8PMevery day and wanting to stay home even on weekends just because of the fatigue makes weed the only recreation for him. He earned good money, lived at home,and still drove the same car he did in high school...very frugal with money. And just knowing that he's blowing his savings on a dumb substance bothers me.He was fairly straightedge guy who just got fed up.
And it's pretty OBVIOUS he lacks self-control...thank you for further validating my need to intervene.
Where does he get the money? He worked in finance for four years. He was a damn workhorse too. If anything, his job is probably what caused it; working 8AM-8PMevery day and wanting to stay home even on weekends just because of the fatigue makes weed the only recreation for him. He earned good money, lived at home,and still drove the same car he did in high school...very frugal with money. And just knowing that he's blowing his savings on a dumb substance bothers me.He was fairly straightedge guy who just got fed up.
