Reader Question – I smoke cigarettes to help me quit marijuana and it doesn’t work?

Many of you might be asking this same question so I’m posting with the answer here. Enjoy. The question is from Mozin I decided a while back that I should smoke a cigarette every time after I smoke a marijuana bowl. This would help me to help me quit smoking marijuana. I heard cigarettes are gross and give you lung cancer so I don’t like it at all. It’s not working though, whats the best way to stop? Answer: The realty is that weed as a drug is addictive, but it has one property that makes it easier to quit, the drug remains in the body for many days after using so there is a natural weaning process as the drug is slowly released back into the blood stream after the last use. For a serious addictive syndrome to develop the use generally has to be heavy (once a day or more) and for a prolonged period. The brain builds a tolerance the toxic effects with steady usage, so over time more has to be used to get that high.You may want to read this document http://www.kap.samhsa.gov/products/brochures/pdfs/bmdc.pdf which I have reproduced a small amount below. “Studies have demonstrated that tolerance and withdrawal develop with daily use of large doses of marijuana or THC (Haney et al. 1999a; Jones and Benowitz 1976; Kouri and Pope 2000). About 15 percent of people who acknowledge moderate-to-heavy use reported a withdrawal syndrome with symptoms of nervousness, sleep disturbance, and appetite change (Wiesbeck et al. 1996).Many adults who are marijuana...
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