Marijuana Addiction Test | Test yourself for Marijuana Abuse
76Marijuana Abuse is more common than you think
Are you concerned about the amount of pot you or someone you know is smoking? As an ex-weed smoker, I created this page to help identify when weed is becoming a problem for you or those around you.
Between 5 and 10 percent of all people who try marijuana will become dependent for some period of their lives. I am one of those people. Are you?
Addiction to marijuana follows a similar path to other substances: Users generally start to use slowly and with control, but gradually become more regular, then habitual users. If you are dependant on weed, you don't just smoke for pleasure, you need to get high!
It certainly started that way for me. I smoked a little bit of pot in my first year of college. When I moved out of the dorms into a house, I started to smoke pot every weekend. It was cheaper than beer and didn't give me a hangover. It was a lot of fun to watch a movie and get high.
Gradually I began to smoke on a more regular basis. Rather than just smoking on the weekends, I began to smoke on weeknights with friends, then I began to buy my own bags so that I always had some when I wanted to smoke. I started to smoke every single day, and this continued for YEARS! I smoked regularly for about 7 years before I realized I had a problem. I made many lame attempts at quitting along the way, until I finally got serious about quitting a year ago.
It can be hard to admit to yourself that you abuse marijuana, I know that I kept it under wraps for years before I had the courage to admit I had a serious problem that deserved serious attention.
Go ahead and answer the questions below. Do you best to be honest with yourself and your results!
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Marijuana Addiction Test
These questions will help you determine whether or not you or those around you, have a problem with marijuana abuse.
- Do smoke marijuana for pleasure? Do you ever smoke for reasons other than fun?
- Have you structured you life around your ability to smoke marijuana. Do you leave parties early, choose not to go out, choose friends based on your marijuana use?
- Do you smoke alone?
- Do you worry about running out of pot and get anxious when you can't get more?
- Do you avoid dealing with your emotions, problems and or responsibilities. by smoking weed?
- Has your use of marijuana caused problems with your memory, concentration, or motivation?
- Does your marijuana use let you live in a privately defined world?
- Have you tried to cut back or quit smoking pot before and failed?
- Have your friends or family expressed concern about your lifestyle or pot use?
- Do you ever substitute another substance, like alcohol, when weed is not around?
How did you score?
What was your score?
Answering yes to a number of these questions could mean you are struggling with an addiction to marijuana.
I know that in my experience ALL of these applied, but the ones that were most prevalents were that I:
- Smoked alone (Wake and Bake anyone)
- Got really antsy when I was about to run out, and would go out of my way to get it.
- Began to hang out exclusively with stoners, because getting high any time was acceptable to everyone.
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dude thanx ive felt the same for the past year, ive smoker all my life and this year i decided to quit but its way to hard thanx for the help
i did your test and i answered yes to all of them apart from the one about my family making comments, they smoke too. good info aswell so i might give it a go.
I never smoked marijuana, but I use to smoke Cigarettes. I think smoking in general no matter what it is, is bad for the lungs. I have bronchitis probably because of Cigarettes I use to smoke long ago. Best thing to do is to stay away from any kind of smoking. Believe me when I say that if your young, best that you get away from smoking while it is not too late. God Bless You.
This is a joke. its scientificly proven its not mentally or physcially addictive. The fact the article says who ever it was smoked for 7 years everyday says alot.
They didn't turn schizo or anything did they?
Look at holland and california please and make your own conclusions from that on how harmful it is.
Up until modern times it was used all over the world and many times, courts or royalty ordered farmers and the public to grow it.
If you had any idea of hemp and cannabis value to people and the enviroment, you would certainly not have this misleading article uploaded.
Ill mention just a couple of things, then do your own research.
Its a cure for cancer, dont believe me? then research it and watch "run from the cure" on youtube.
1 acre of hemp can produce the equivelent of 4.1 acres of trees for creating paper and such things, also multiple crops per season, trees are a one time thing.
It can create car fuel, infact the first ever car was designed to run on fuel created by hemp.
It takes in carbon dioxide, releases oxygen. leaves soil in better condition.
Is a cure for so many things that the question should be what does it not cure, not what does it cure.
Congratulations on your astounding ignorance.
To the comment posted above me, it's only scientifically proven that it's not possible to get PHYSICALLY addicted to weed, however, it most certainly is possible to get mentally addicted to it.
Hemp and marijuana are two different things. While they are both varieties of the Cannabis sativa plant, hemp contains less than 1 percent of thc, as opposed to marijuana plants which can contain up to 20%
Don't get me wrong, i'm completely FOR marijuana, as it's far far less harmful than many other substances (tobacco, alcohol). Just setting the record straight that, too much of anything can cause an addiction.
420 I think you need to read the article again, its not blasting weed and saying that you should never smoke it, it's about the writers OWN personal experience with weed. I've smoked green everyday for around two years now and I do think I have a problem, why would you be opposed to someone trying to help others in the same situation.
I thought if you were legitimately writing for the benefit of addicts, that you wouldn't sound like you were high when you wrote it.
Maybe it depends on how you define addiction. Whether you believe it’s addictive or not plenty of people seem to have a habit with it, many people feel a strong need to do it every day. Is that addiction? Maybe it comes down to the difference of what people define as physical and psychological addiction.
I think if you feel you need to do it and find it a problem not to do so, then that’s some kind of addiction or habit or something, what you want to label it is just semantics. The bottom line is if you feel you have to do it whether you like it or not, then that is some kind of a problem.
Pot can absolutely become the center of your life. It became the center of my life. I'd smoke weed before work (in the military no less), during work, after work, and as it got worse, instead of work. I haven't smoked in over 25 years and I still think about it. That's why I stopped by here. I wanted to remind myself exactly why it was I stopped.
Let me say one other thing. I am not against other smoking weed. I think it should be legalized. Just because I can't handle it doesn't mean you shouldn't be allowed to smoke it. I am an alcoholic too. So addiction is probably in my make-up. I've done it all except heroin (thank God a friend wouldn't let me have some of his). But, I can say, for me, I needed (wanted..whatever) pot every single day. Without it, life was a bore. With it, I felt I was going crazy. I couldn't live with it, I couldn't live without it. That's addiction, by anyone's standards.
i have to agree with you "dankbuds" weed can be a serious addiction to your life, rather than that it controls your lifestyle , it slows your progress in life depending on how much you abuse it.
I ll tell you my story with weed and you can judge on weither it is addictive or not.
I ve been smoking weed since i was 14, i ve tried all other kinds of drugs: hash, cocain , crack , xtc , ketamine , speed .. all for a very short period and then i stopped it permanatly besides weed.
i used to think like all of you. you can never get addicted on marijuana.. i never wanted to stop it i was too blind to see the harm that it causes and decided that it was a very good thing in life that helps in 1000 of ways, i used to call it GOD's gift to us.
i used to smoke so much that i couldnt afford it, i used to buy for my friends around 1000$ weekly wich i take a large amount for me + i spend around 300$ from my own money weekly on it.
i couldnt do anything if i didnt smoke, or in other words i didnt enjoy anything if i wasnt high.
i smoked befor my classes in university, before eating , befor watching a moovie, all the time when im cruising in the car, befor sex befor sleeping also!!
i smoked evry kind of good weed you can think off in here(lebanon) weed that can make you caugh for an hour from 1 puff;)..
and i cant say i wasnt happy then. i was happy all the time. thats it's magic it makes you HAPPY!!
but at the same time it can make you blind.
blind that you cannot see the side effect of it's abuse
you missed a lot from smoking weed, you even missed a lot of moments that could make you happy naturly but you couldnt because you werent high or you werent comfortable because the people your with arent pot-headed like you.
all weed abusers smoke ther problems, and that the positive effect of weed it blows every problem you have away..
whenever your sad or angry you medicate yourself with a joint either alone or with your friends to ease your pain, and forget about it. because when you get high you forget:D
but your missing something very important here
sometimes you musnt forget your problems you must face them to make progress or watever
like failing grades>> you smoke it off so you will continue falling
or breakup with bf/gf>> you smoke it off and you want think of ways to fix it anymore
family problems>> same shit ..
the secret off weed is that it makes you addapt to any situiation your in. but sometimes you need to fight these situiations and make them right or else
eventhough i know and understand its negative side effect i still smoke it, im high right now actually
because it is very hard for me stop now, it became sord of my lifesyle.. dont let it happen to you!
Great hub! Thanks for the info.
I have a serious problem with pot. I smoke everyday, and I love it but it's almost like it controls my life. I buy it alot, and I'm watching my savings slowly disapear. I started smoking about 10 months ago and my life has completly changed.
I used to be someone that everyone loved. Parents, kids, strangers, old people. But now I hate being near anyone because I'm always high or waiting to get high.
I graduated highschool, and the entire past summer I smoked so much weed. Blew through most of my grad money and savings. I started college and fell into depression. I ran away to Colorado. (I'm from Georgia) I was living in my car. I had nothing in my possesion expect a bag of weed and a pipe. Weed wasn't the cause, but it wasn't helping me get a solution. I got pulled over for speeding. (I was smoking but they didn't notice) They arrested me because I was a missing person and they sent me to the state mental hospital in Kansas. I didn't smoke for about nine days for the duration I was there. Nothing physically was wrong, but mentally I'd be thinking throughout the day, "God, I wish I was high. Damnt I could use a blunt right now. This place would be fine if I could just smoke." and so on.
Now I'm home, my parents withdrew me from college, and I'm looking for a job. Which will be nearly impossible if I have to take any sort of drug test. I still get stoned all the time. Now actually. And I still love it. But I feel trapped in it. And it's not that I can't stop, it's that I don't want to. And that's what scares me the most.
haha! every stoner i have ever met is in such severe denial it's just comical. "look at the data man it's not addictive! there are benefits too!"
so why then do you smoke up all the time? why are you such a spaced out dumbass now? why do you only talk about weed? and why do you mostly hang out with others who share your habitual drug life style?
i smoke occasionally, and through this occasional smoking i have mat heaps of bong heads. there is no doubt that marijuana has addictive properties, kills brain functions and absolutely leads to harder drugs.
;) i know im going to cop some heat for this post, but i welcome it. you can quote scientific facts and figures all day. but i have seen real life examples. if you love weed that's great. just don't bullsh*t yourself.
Pokie u iz gay, pot chillz me out and WAY cheaper than 'harder drugs'. How about YOU don't kid yourself and deal with your own problems.
Weed can be gud for some people but others realli don't need it so I think its just up to the person whethr or not they should smoke it. But for the other weed smokers keep blazin down the high life and enjoy it
dont fool urselves inton thinking neverybody is the same. some have probs with weed. so they have other issues to.... who doesnt. weed has destroyed me, i let it, i was weak and became mentally dependent. it happens and some need help. so take ur justifications and split. if somebody needs help then they do. if ur not addicted then great, ur just super duper.
To all the dickhead haters if you dont believe in maryJ addiction why google it? Wake and bake is a great saying and describes me to a T, would actually roll one the night before and leave it next to the bed so i could "wake up". Once paying for it became a problem I said fuck it and started growing my own, not only did it work out cheaper than paying for it but it turns out I grew some pretty badass weed. I'm just now on day 3 of cold turkey this is the third time i've tried to quit. I dont have sweats, i dont have cramps or any other junkie related symptom but I can feel my blood starting to boil, my upstairs neighbour is starting to drive me fucking insane just walking about and yet just typing this is making me feel better but i'd still happily shoot you all for a joint right now lol! I suppose it's good to know there's others out there and the guy above does make excellent points about hemp and it's uses but I think that anybody on this planet that says weed doesn't harm you is smoking a bit too much! So good luck to everyone on here and in an hours time i'll be on day four of quitting (2 and 3 days longer than i lasted before)
Marijuana doesn't magically lead to harder drugs unless you go make the choice to buy some harder drugs. Nothing can MAKE you do anything, it's a CHOICE.
Plus, if someone does one drug, why would they say no to other ones? Not only that, but...some drug dealers have more than one drug, so it's already in front of a lot of people, they didn't have to go find it or suddenly be compellingly addicted out of nowhere. The term "gateway drug" is such bullshit. It provides yet another avenue for people to misplace blame rather than taking responsibility for their own actions.
Here's the thing.
"weed itself is not dangerous, it is the reasons why we use it"
This is a quote of a guy that works in a rehab center and I totaly agree.
I have these periods when I smoke almost everyday, there is no sign of decreased grades, worsened relationships or anything negative happening in my life.
Than I stop after a month or two, I admit that the first 2-3 days I think I'd like to smoke, but all it needs is a good movie or a bunch of friends and Im alright.
I can stop anytime I want I have confirmed it to myself many times, but its because I dont use it to run away from my problems, I face my problems and then smoke.
I think marijuana becomes a problem when you start using it as a tool to escape problems or the reality (and it is a great tool) but if you use it for the right reasons, you gonna be fine.
This is could really be an eye opening test for some folks. I suggest that anyone who´s more than 3 "yes answers" should seriously think about his relationship with Mr. Weed. Great post!
been smokin for 31 years i have copd and still cant stop.I do get cramps and sweats when i try to do turkey but determined to stop.
I stoped smoking but I never felt i needed to smoke weed but still need to stop smoking cigs any advice?
weed is very addictive because its long term effects pale in comparison to all others. i have been smoking for half of my life and have had it lead to harder drugs and then be my refuge for when i quit those drugs, including alcohol and cigarettes which I am completely free of. I ma have some physiognomic effects, hormonal imbalances(puffy eyesman boobs) due to phytoestrogens in the weed and my veggy diet. My motivation has been slowed down, no doubt but again, of all the vices I've pared from my appetite weed is the only thing that still feels natural. My happiness being somewhat dependent on it is clearly damaging but not drinking and not smoking cigarettes allowed me to see the basic health effects of pot are minimal in that my memory and stamina is far more bolstered by the meat and alcohol free diet rather than tempered by my 2-3 gram a day bud intake. What weed also applies is a lackadaisical add method of info retention which I am convinced is not only beneficial but progressive for intellectual evolution. Stoners love educational TV and while minutiae of the show can become lost, a sparked interest and all resulting conversations allow driven minds to flourish. A room full of stoned idiots will be about the same as a room full of drunk idiots. But a room full of stoned bright minds is far more cognizant than those same minds drunk. Alcohol is a poison that paralyzes a waking world into eternal submission. Of all evils, weed does nott even register. The worst thing about it is the air of fear and immensely inflated price for a 10000 year used super commodity that was criminalized under racist laws in a time when US had serious complicity with the nazis. This kept Germany, Japan and US heavy on speed. In vietnam we transported drugs in servicemen's coffins. In Afghanistan and Colombia, our heavily entrenched presence has supported and increased drug production. In mexico, right now, we are arming paramilitary drug traffickers and then bringing ATF and DEA to escalate a literal drug war. FREE THE FUCKING WEED!!!
Weed has affected my life, Im 19, and I have been smoking it for 2years, I remember when I went out to clubs, bars, or any social event, before I started smoking, I was never stuck for conversation, Everybody wanted to know me, I even started to work KISS FM, as a DJ, I loved it!
Then the relationships started, and by surprize, I started to smoke pot, My dad used to have some in a draw in his bedroom, So Id have a joint from his stash every now n then..
Then I thought, I could buy a shit load with the money I have!
So I did,.. I delt to everybody and anybody, getting a free joint of each one, and my cut of course, was a good run, but now?
Im currantly sat at work, Realizing that I am an Holiday Entertainer round a hotel in Tenerife, Ive lived here since I was 5, So drugs have allways been in the picture, Hidden, But still there.
I´m writing this now, because I have just realized I have a problem, I smoke it everyday, If i dont, I´m trying to score my next bag...
My work peformance had declined, I have become more forgetful, and not as confident...
This needs to change, And it changes now...
Feel free to email me, Im more than happy to tell my story Saz146@hotmail.com
I have been smoking pot only for 5 years but in the biggining i was against pot in all sorts and ways i was addicted from the start it only took 3 years untill i just had a little intrest in coke after that i found extacy easyer to get got addicted and went through treatment hell it made me grow tho as a person after words i smokes pot every single day at least an eighth a day but also within this time i have stopped skipping school and just graduated and have a job...
pot is the gate way i strongly believe i hate to say that i know i would have rather just listened wen i had the chance...
Anyone who is wanting to quit, there is NA that exists. Narcotics anonymous...I am in AA and it's enabled me to stop drinking. For people who cannot stop on their own, try NA, and everyone in there is just like you...there's great support. It doesn't hurt to try at least one meeting...
I smoke Alot of weed an feel like yea I'm addicted. I don't care wot scientist Said what or if it is or not an addictive substance. I'm jus sayin for me I'm addicted to smokin it. I'm gonna give it up now tho. Time to leave it behind me n move on. Don't wanna be one of them weird old men thinkin there still cool coz they blaze hahaha fuck that.
Real talk
Got to say, what I'm about to paste is THE most helpful post I've seen on the page.
I'm high now and have just been panicking about & over-blowing every point I've read, either side of the argument.
But this struck a chord with me and has made me decide how I'm going to cut down:
"Here's the thing.
"weed itself is not dangerous, it is the reasons why we use it"
This is a quote of a guy that works in a rehab center and I totaly agree.
I have these periods when I smoke almost everyday, there is no sign of decreased grades, worsened relationships or anything negative happening in my life.
Than I stop after a month or two, I admit that the first 2-3 days I think I'd like to smoke, but all it needs is a good movie or a bunch of friends and Im alright.
I can stop anytime I want I have confirmed it to myself many times, but its because I dont use it to run away from my problems, I face my problems and then smoke.
I think marijuana becomes a problem when you start using it as a tool to escape problems or the reality (and it is a great tool) but if you use it for the right reasons, you gonna be fine"
Basically, if I need to get something straightened out and sorted in my life, I need to first get myself out there. Organise dinner and a bar one night, catch a film the next night, etc... (it'll be cheaper than picking up for that week!) and I'm hoping by the 3rd or so night, the prospect of no weed being at the house won't seem quite so scary!
I live in London and am lucky enough to have a really good job with great prospects. I do well and know I can achieve more so I'm going to go fulfil some potential :)
So, helpful comment pasted and my experience shared - hope someone can relate to this and the quote I pasted is helpful.
Thanks Mike who posted 7 months ago too!
LaineyLou 3 years ago
WOW I can't believe that you can say weed leads to worse things! there are so many benefits from it. It doesn't take over your life, you are in control of your life unless you've got other problems/issues