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Marijuana Addiction

Reefer Madness Redux: If You Smoke It, You Will Become Addicted!

Amanda Reiman | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics
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Amanda Reiman

No longer able to convince Americans that marijuana consumers are dangerous criminals who deserve to be locked up, history is repeating itself. We are seeing a shift in the message, from marijuana consumers as criminals to marijuana consumers as sick people who belong in treatment.

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The Great Debate: Is Marijuana Addictive?

Posted 09.10.2012 | Fifty
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Marijuana ranked number one in a recent article on the top five most commonly abused prescription drugs used by post 50s. According to a 2011 report f...

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Important Facts About Marijuana Legalization

Posted 07.12.2012 | Books
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Reprinted with permission from MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION: What Everyone Needs to Know by Jonathan P. Caulkins, Angela Hawken, Beau Kilmer, Mark A. R. Kle...

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Leading Addition Doctors: Don't Legalize Marijuana

AP | LISA LEFF | Posted 12.29.2011 | San Francisco
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SAN FRANCISCO — A medical society for addiction doctors has reiterated its opposition to marijuana legalization as its California chapter consid...

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How The Meaning Of Addiction Is Shifting As We Speak

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Stanton Peele

So when is something addictive? It's addictive when we reckon a kind of preoccupation has significant negative effects, either on us as individuals, or on society.

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Is Marijuana Addictive? Does It Matter?

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home
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Stanton Peele

As the effort by drug policy reform advocates to achieve their holy grail -- the legalization of a formerly illegal substance (marijuana) in a leading...

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Patients Speak: Medical Marijuana Frees People From Addiction to Deadly Painkillers

Jessica Peck | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
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Jessica Peck

On Wednesday, dozens of former addicts made the tough decision to share their stories publicly, doing so before news cameras and a standing-room only crowd.

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