Marijuana Treatment
Marijuana is the most controversial drug as to the danger for dependency, physical health and mental problem. Don’t get mislead! Most of the hard drug users have started their addiction with marijuana.
Drug rehab centers can be really confusing with all the different programs and philosophies. There are different school of thought on marijuana. We will try to teach you what the drug really is. Remember if Marijuana would be so “innocent”, you would not read this website now. Drug rehabilitation is a process with different phases that will bring the individual to a drug free life.
Marijuana is the most commonly abused illegal drug in the United States and in Canada. A dry, shredded green/brown mix of flowers, stems, seeds, and leaves of the plant Cannabis sativa, it normally is smoked as a cigarette (joint, nail), or in a pipe (bong). It can also be smoked in blunts, that are cigars which have been emptied of tobacco and refilled with cannabis, often in combination with another substance. It might also be mixed in food or brewed as a tea. When use as a more concentrated, resinous form it is called hashish and, as a sticky black liquid, hash oil. Marijuana smoke has a pungent and distinctive, normally sweet-and-sour odor.
Nearly 45% of United States teenagers try marijuana before finishing high school.
Marijuana is as addictive as alcohol. Approximately 10% of people who smoke marijuana will get addicted to it. That means 90% of people can use it recreationally. But for the other 10%, marijuana is not a harmless herb. They will have difficulty controlling their use, and they will continue to use even though it has negative consequences to their life. Every day people enter rehab programs or go to a 12 step group to deal with their marijuana addiction.
One study looked at 2,446 young adults between the ages of 14-24, and followed them for a period of 4 years. Approximately 10% met the criteria for marijuana addiction. 17% experienced withdrawal when they stopped using, 14% had difficulty controlling their use, and 13% continued to use even though they had health problems due to their marijuana use.
