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Weed 🍃💨 1w

I know this is an unpopular opinion but I feel like weed addiction is way too normalized. Weed is only better than alcohol when used in moderation

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Anonymous 1w

lowkey facts but sybau

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Anonymous 1w

Factssss If only I could go back to freshman year when I only smoked on the weekends and every high was the highest I’ve ever been 🥲

Anonymous 1w

This group is probably gonna tear you apart for this one but it’s facts

Anonymous 1w

Just takes self discipline

Anonymous 6d

if i was an alcoholic instead of a stoner i’d be dead

Anonymous 6d

Facts other than the last sentence. Weed isn’t worse than alcohol at any level

Anonymous 6d

Currently in the middle of a tolerance break due to a temporary medication and it’s so hard. I use it for my anxiety, anger issues, and depression and it’s been hard regulating my emotions to feel normal or functional without it. Same reason I had to quit vaping. I wanna be healthier but it’s hard restraining my mind against “needing” to have it all the time :(

Anonymous 1w

What's cool about taking that stance is that if anyone pushes back you can just smugly call them an addict

Anonymous 6d

I do agree but weed IS better than alcohol. Drinking every night is worse than smoking every night. But I agree that either addiction shouldn’t be “normal”

Anonymous 1w

Facts

Anonymous

#2 1w

Cackling at this rn LMAO

Anonymous

#5 1w

In which I have but also don’t have

Anonymous

#2 6d

no like exactly..shhhhhhhhhhhh

Anonymous

#13 6d

Shoot I’d argue smoking weed every night isn’t an addiction. Multiple times a day sure, but once a night seems like regular usage

Anonymous

#11 6d

To be fair I didn’t say smoking every night is an addiction

Anonymous

#11 6d

i’d probably call it dependence

Anonymous

#11 6d

my point was more than drinking every night is definitely an addiction and an alcohol addiction is absolutely worse than a weed addiction

Anonymous

#13 6d

I could see that. Also not saying you said it kinda just going off of the OP. We do a lot of things daily that I wouldn’t associate to an addiction unless it’s in excess. Workout, drink coffee, take vitamins, watch tv, etc.

Anonymous

#11 6d

It’s not worse but that doesn’t mean it’s good. There have been a lot of recent studies that show how damaging it can be to a developing mind. I love smoking weed, but I have friends whose usage concerns me but no one else seems to give a shit

Anonymous

OP 6d

Because it affects everyone differently. I have a weed “addiction” (any time I’ve needed to stop I’ve stopped), yet still have two jobs in grad school and side hustles. I do understand the concern however I feel like most stoners in college have already been smoking 5+ years when their mind was developing the damage is already done for a lot.

Anonymous

#11 6d

ooh okay yeah I see what you mean. I think for example if you have coffee or weed every day (both of which are drugs) then it’s a dependence, and if you do it in excess everyday then it’s an addiction

Anonymous

#13 6d

I can def see that

Anonymous

#11 6d

I think the phrase “the damage is already done” is incorrect, because weed destroys your dopamine system and the more you ignore it the more depressed you get, it’s just much harder to fix(some times you can’t fix it) the younger you start. My friend’s usage concerns me because he CANT quit. He’s hitting his cart 24/7 to the point where being high is just a comfortable numbness for him. When he’s sober he’s extremely depressed and it takes very strong weed to give him that “high” feeling

Anonymous

#11 6d

That is what I mean when I say “weed” addiction.

Anonymous

OP 6d

Fair enough but that’s why I said everyone is different. For some weed intensifies anxiety and brings depression while for others it mitigates it. It sounds like your friend may be better off smoking weed rather than being on anti depressants. That’s the choice I had to make but ofc everyone is different.

Anonymous

OP 6d

Also I see your point and agree. The”damage is already done” part was more relating to the cognitive side effects of smoking while your mind is developing. Which has some sort of truth to it.