Comments on: Withdrawal Symptoms From Smoking Pot?

Study Shows Heavy Marijuana Users Suffer Anxiety, Irritability When They Try To Quit

[horse3farm]

I am really beginning to believe that WebMD is run by the government. Give me a break. I''m with you trillion1...never any withdrawals for me either when it wasn''t around....also smoked since the 60s. In fact, I believe that is why I am never sick. Legalize the stuff and go on to something that has real meaning.

[brianbwb-2009]

"A total of 42.4 percent experienced at least one withdrawal symptom -- most commonly, cravings, irritability, boredom, anxiety, and sleep disturbances."

Boredom is a withdrawal symptom? That is patently ridiculous.

That would also imply that living in a neocon fascist paradise like say, San Diego also causes withdrawal symptoms, because that is one of the most boring places on Earth. Watching the FOX channel would also qualify, as would most high school history classes.

As for the others, are the researchers sure that those conditions were not present before the smoker started, and the pot was being used to alleviate those ailments? Pot has been shown to effectively treat all of the above, when present in non users, so this sounds like they are saying that pot causes symptoms that it has been known for centuries to alleviate.

[incog-nito]

Why so much anti-marijuana research? It''s not like we are having a huge pot epidemic right now, at least compared to crack, heroin, cocaine, alcohol, prescription drugs, and energy drinks. Seems like ever other week they come out with another study demonstrating the deleterious effects of mj. Why was there never a study directly comparing both the short-term and long-term effects of pot vs. alcohol? Is it maybe because they''re afraid of the obvious results such a study would show?

[incog-nito]

I tried quitting coffee a few times. Each I got a massive headache and can barely function for nearly a week. It worked for a while, and then after one night staying up too late, and I was back on the mug again.

Does this mean coffee should be banned also?

[vermaleethom]

***!!! i''ve never heard of aperson who smoked pot that woke up in a jail cell the next morning just to find out they were drunk the night before and killed a bunch of people in a car crash. I''ve never heard of people smoking ajoint and going out to rob someone, or you never hear of someone saying i smoked a doob and killed my wife cause she pissed me off, whereasyou alwayshear about these situations, and worse with the use of alcohol, and alcohol is LEGAL!!! Go figure that one out. Tell you what, if you got ahostage situation, and you offer the guy a joint, he definitely won''t want to hurt anybody. Instead, they''ll be asking "where''s the munchies?"

[minter9]

The NIDA/DEA/ONDCP/FDA & an army of goverment agencies have been created to keep marijuan illegal. The U.S. Congress & the President are the parties responsible for creating prohibition. They use these incredibly expensive & useless organizations to justify it''s continued prohibition. But, all parties are guilty of complicity in perpetrating this hoax against the American people. The masses have been brainwashed for 70 years. But, they are researching the truth. The voters are turning on the hard-liners & want marijuana prohibition to end. Savvy politians are getting with it. We will see the hard-liners either change, like Bob Barr. Or, they know that they will be voted out. So, I suggest that every voter pick their politicians carefully & that the politicains change their tune before they''re out of a job. End drug crime. Regain control of marijuana from criminals. Keep it out of our kids hands. Legalize it, control it, tax it. card for it.

[minter9]

The Study was conducted by the biased NIDA. SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN article "Marijuana Research" sites the case of a scientist who requested a research grant to study marijuana''s potential medical benefit''s. NIDA turned it down. That scientist rewrote the grant request to emphasise finding marijuana''s negative effects. The study was funded. Research should not be politically controlled or bias. The Federal government has a history of scare tactics, propaganda, racism, & outright lies dating back to the 1937 Marijuana Tax Stamp Act. It has lied about marijuana ever since. Just look up the White House ONDCP Reports. Surveys. Distortions. One Federal study in 1974 went terribly wrong. Instead of proving that marijauna caused cancer. It actually showed that marijuana has anti-cancer properties. The study was shutdown & covered up. The FDA says that Marijuana is safer than many of the foods that we eat. Recent scientific studies show that marijuana does indeed have anti-cancer properties. Two recent federal studies show that true marijuana addiction is rare. And, that withdrawal is mild & short-lived. Maybe that''s why the NIDA hand picked the rare, very heavy user''s of marijuana to bias their research. Marijuana studies actually show that marijuana shrinks tumors, even incurable ones in the brain.

[jsilver2th]

Known hazards of quiting smoking marijuana:

(1) Chocolate tastes funny.
(2) Your old Grateful Dead tapes sound flat.
(3) Steven Colbert isn''t absolutely hillarious.

That''s about it.

[jen773]

After years of dealing with people from many walks of life with many different addictions I''d have to say give me a pot smoker over an alcoholic, meth addict or prescription pill popper any day. I have smoked it occassionally for years and would much rather do that then go to a bar and deal with a bunch of loud obnoxious drunks any day. And the added bonus is no hang over. If it wasn''t illegal I''m sure there would be more of us partaking more often. Every day in our courts someone''s reason for why something bad happened is because they were drunk or high on meth or pills. Not very often, if ever, do you hear that someone smoked too much weed and ran someone over at a high rate of speed or beat someone up or left their kid by themselves somewhere while they are out partying. Biggest problem you got is remembering where you put stuff and running out of munchie food. In my opinion this study was a waste of time and money.

[scottyusa]

So what? People get addicted to alcohol too. Pot is harmless compared to other drugs out there. It should be legal with the same restrictions as alcohol. The tax revenue alone would probably pay for the wars. Wouldn''t that be a twist? The media says drugs are financing terror. So make them legal, tax them and fight back. I like it.

[element51]

I smoked pot back in the day, every day for a long time. I used it to relax and sometimes to help me sleep. When I moved to a state where possession of even a seed will cause you to lose everything you have, car, house, bank account, I decided it would be best to quit. So I threw away my stash and quit. I had no withdrawl of any kind. I just quit and that was that. But cigarettes are another matter. I have tried everything out there and can''t get off those dam cigarettes. I agree...this article and so called study are bogus. I''m 63 years old and if pot were legal I''d still probably smoke a little once in a while. I might add that alcohol is truly a dangerous drug. I never saw anybody get high and want to fight or get in their car and weave all over the road at 90 miles per hour. Mostly we laughed a lot and ate cookies.

[rushman71]

I''m going to check my post tommorow to see if it is still there. If it isn''t, that''s CBS for ya!!!

[rushman71]

Man, I sure don''t smell cannabis. I smell BullShiit!!! And this article is absolutely, possitively, 100% all natural BullShiit!!!
"A total of 42.4 percent experienced at least one withdrawal symptom -- most commonly, cravings, irritability, boredom, anxiety, and sleep disturbances -- when they tried to quit." Oooooh, that''s bad, really bad!!!! Give me a ******* break!!! The FDA allows drugs to be sold LEGALLY that causes people to commit suicide!!! Uhh, HELLO!!!
Let''s look back, shall we.
They said cravings--so, I got the ******* munchies, ok!!!
They said irratibility--well, hello, y''all make the Bullshiit laws, of course I''m pisssed!!!
Boredom--Hey, there''s nothing on the *******'' t.v., ok.
Anxiety--no comment.
Sleep disturbances--this shiit is what helps me go to sleep.

[shanev137]

Geez....of course you''re going to experience "withdrawal symptoms" if you did -anything- every single day for 30 years straight.

It''s not normal to be addicted to -anything- where you need it 24/7/365.

[trillion1]

What a crock! I''ve smoked since the 60s. When there wasn''t any there was never any withdrawal. Just another bogus smoke screen to try to make pot look dangerous.

[mandylou4u]

oh, come on, yall afraid to comment, lol! They can''t put you in jail for commenting on a pot forum, haha. This is so funny to me. When is there going to be something for people who need to quit cigarettes? They have the patch and the commit things but none of those work for me. I would have a easier time quitting the pot verses the smokes. No withdrawls for me, haha.