Is Marijuana an Addictive Substance?
The following are true stories, from real marijuana smokers. Their names have been changed, in order for me to print their stories. Joe started smoking pot at 19. He started with casual use. He enjoyed the feeling of getting high, and the “companionship” he experienced with his “friends” when they were getting high together. At first Joe only smoked pot a couple of times a week. But as time went on, he began to smoke it more and more often. Before he knew it Joe was smoking marijuana every day, and not just once, but 4 or 5 or 6 times a day. The expense was sometimes an issue, but most of the time it was not because his friends all smoked pot too, and they were always “cool” about passing around a joint. Joe was smoking so much because it took more now, than at the beginning, to help him get that “high feeling.” He was going through about an 8th a day, before he realized it. At 20, Joe decided he really wanted to clean up his act. He told his friends that he didn’t want to smoke pot an
