Addicted to the high of weed? Its calmer cousin, CBD, may help ease the disorder, study finds

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Some 22 million people around the world are so dependent on marijuana that it affects their ability to function in life. But a new study shows that abuse or dependence on weed may respond to treatment with CBD, or cannabidiol.

Smoking weed has become a popular pastime, boosted by a more permissive social attitude and a relaxation of laws and regulations.

However, not everyone is capable of using weed solely for occasional recreational or medical use. Some 22 million people around the world are so dependent on marijuana that it affects their ability to function in life. Today's high potency weed raises risk of anxiety and addiction, study saysMarijuana use disorder applies to both addicts and those that are dependent, and is characterized by impairments in psychological, physical, or social functioning.

 

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Bull shit

Whatever works.

that’s why they needed the weed in the first place, dumshits

Weed is good for the mind body & soul

I'm from the Netherlands and I'm 51 and I smoke it from my 13 years of age. I never been sick and my boss (mayor) never complained that I don't do my work good.

Marijuana should be treated no differently than alcohol.

Marijuana is not addictive. Stop with this nonsense.

Mariyuana can be an addiction! I doubt that.

How about you do a story on drug court and how they trick people to pleading down and going to treatment as a way to get out of going to jail! Drug treatment organizations are a for profit racket? It artificially inflates numbers!

really we are going back to this shit? (proud 25 year weed smoker) what next? the go straight from weed to heroin bullshit I was taught as a kid?

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I TRIED to quit smoking cigarettes...do I started chewing tobacco

There

This story is full of shit!

It's a Soros master plan turn as many idiots into zombies as possible

It affects my ability to function in life by allowing me to function in life high

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