Marijuana addiction is real and many people try to dismiss it as being a softer addiction that is not really the same as other drugs. In fact, weed addiction can be just as bad as other drugs and maybe even worse because it’s easier to justify it in our minds so it can lead us onto bigger problems.

At least when we’re messing with heroin or cocaine we know we are screwing up badly and playing with fire. With marijuana, this is not the case because people try to justify it as being natural and healthier for them than other drugs.

What happens with weed addiction is that a man who is snared on the stuff will begin using it each and every day. The genuine medication fanatic can undoubtedly get by without smoking any weed. yet they will get apprehensive, peevish, on edge or a touch upset if they need to go too long without smoking any. This is because they have come to rely on the high from the drug in order to medicate their feelings.

It has become their method of coping with things and so if they do not get any then they have a harder time dealing with reality. Addiction to marijuana is real and this is why people try to deny it all the time: because they use it as a crutch to medicate themselves from an emotional standpoint. They use weed to help them deal with life and it takes real effort and work for them to stop using the drug and face up to reality on their own.

There has been many a debate sparked over the question of “is weed addictive?”. For decades the topic has been subject to everyone having their own opinion on the exact same question. Some will tell you that weed is not addictive, while contrary to that, others will put their own opinions out there to state that weed is addictive.

I don’t know about you but my best guess is that you have your own opinion on the question “is weed addictive?” and regardless what I write here, it probably won’t sway your opinion on the subject. and that’s neither here nor there anyway. You have your opinion and I have my own. I don’t want to be “out there” and making blanket statements, but I would much rather take the approach on educating people through sharing my own experiences with weed and how my opinion is swayed to the view that weed is addictive to certain individuals.

The belief of marijuana being addictive is typically dependant on whether a person is strong willed, or, by nature the black sheep of the family, as people often say. By that, I mean having difficulty in avoiding peer pressure and standing out from the crowd as opposed to simply blending in with the company one may have in their circle of friends.

That’s how things started for me. I was the family’s black sheep and I was by definition a follower; wanting nothing more than to blend in with my mates and be as cool as them. So, with that came the smoking of weed which led to the cigarettes. You read that right. I had my first spliff before I lit a cigarette.

Anyway, the view I take to the question “is weed addictive?” is that I tend to agree that it is. But to expand on that I would have to say it is psychologically addictive (not the same as a physical addiction), as the THC found in weed has been scientifically proven to not be addictive. This brings things back to the individual. If someone is experimenting with smoking pot and aren’t very strong-willed then there is a possibility that they could become somewhat dependant on having a smoke. For others that have a stronger sense of will power and decided that it is something they want to quit, those stronger-willed individuals will have no problem doing that.

The dependency, I think, will be mostly among those that don’t have the strong will to be able to separate themselves from the pack, which is nothing to be ashamed of, but a simple way if you were wanting to stop smoking weed would be to simply pass the blunt over to a mate. You don’t even have to say no. Many will often not even take notice that you didn’t take a draw, as I often found my mates were just glad to finally get their own couple of draws from the joint.

Of course, there are many options if you’re looking for help. For example, websites such a quit-weed.com have a vast array of methods for beginning your journey to sobriety.