Get Smart About Marijuana by Publishing Hazelden

Author:Publishing Hazelden
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-61649-517-6
Publisher: Hazelden Publishing
Published: 2013-04-13T16:00:00+00:00

Dependence

For years, the word on the street was that no one could get addicted to marijuana. Both research and experience have proven that incorrect. Physical dependence (the occurrence of withdrawal symptoms when a person quits using) and psychological dependence, or addiction, do occur with marijuana. As noted earlier, about one of every eleven adults who use marijuana will become dependent on it; about one of every six people who start using in their teens will become dependent; and one to two of every four people who use daily are dependent.

In 2009, about 18 percent (one out of five) of people who went into drug treatment reported marijuana as their primary drug of abuse. This number was much higher—61 percent—for people under the age of fifteen.9

Cessation of marijuana use does result in physical withdrawal symptoms, including the following:

irritability

sleeping difficulties

craving

anxiety

increased aggression

fatigue

nausea or cramping

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