Current Events > America's Invisible Pot Addicts

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https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2018/08/americas-invisible-pot-addicts/567886/

The media sure likes to attack marijuana whenever they can..
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great, now the weed smokers are turning invisible
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marijuana is a miracle substance there are no drawbacks
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AlephZero posted...

marijuana is a miracle substance there are no drawbacks

it also doesn't induce any kind of addiction and being high also doesn't impair a person in any way

Holy shit, marijuana can cause invisibility? Where can I get some of that?

Watch out Harry Potter, your invisibility cloak ain't gonna have nothing on me!
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When we spoke, he had been sober for a hard-fought seven weeks: seven weeks of sleepless nights, intermittent nausea, irritability, trouble focusing, and psychological turmoil. There were upsides, he said, in terms of reduced mental fog, a fatter wallet, and a growing sense of confidence that he could quit. I dont think its a can as much as a must, he said.

But cannabis is not benign, even if it is relatively benign, compared with alcohol, opiates, and cigarettes, among other substances. Thousands of Americans are finding their own use problematic in a climate where pot products are getting more potent, more socially acceptable to use, and yet easier to come by, not that it was particularly hard before.

For Keith Humphreys, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University, the most compelling evidence of the deleterious effects comes from users themselves. In large national surveys, about one in 10 people who smoke it say they have a lot of problems. They say things like, I have trouble quitting. I think a lot about quitting and I cant do it. I smoked more than I intended to. I neglect responsibilities. There are plenty of people who have problems with it, in terms of things like concentration, short-term memory, and motivation, he said. People will say, Oh, thats just you fuddy-duddy doctors. Actually, no. Its millions of people who use the drug who say that it causes problems.

To each there own I guess, but there are numerous times in my life where I quit after daily usage, mostly because job hunting, and the worst symptom I face is boredom and get over it after a week.
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