How to quit smoking weed?

Question 1
How to quit smoking weed?...  I have been smoking for about 6 years but I think I am ready to stop but it is kind of hard. Any tips?

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1)   Rehab. - mscherpenberg

2)   smoke what u have left and never buy again - Un Known

3)   Cocaine - shelly

4)   Weed does not have any addictive chemicals in it, lol. You just don't want to completely stop yet. Here is a essay I wrote today on Marijuana so you can educate yourself a little more on the topic. But if you want to stop put the weed down and walk away from it or finish what you have left and walk away from it.





Marijuana has been America’s Top U.S. Cash Crop since 2006 and in 1998 Marijuana was Ranked Fourth Largest Cash Crop in America
Studies estimates that marijuana sells value is at $35.8 billion a year in the states which exceeds the combined value of corn, $23.3 billion, and wheat, $7.5 billion. The War on Pot cost America $42 Billion dollars a year and if you minus that number from 35.8 billion it equals 6.2 billion which is a big lost. 6.2 billion dollars is more money than America spends on cotton at 5.31 billion, grapes at 2.88 billion, rice at 1.71 billion and even Tobacco at 1.47 billion. We spend 42 billion on a drug that has not had a known death since its 10,000 years of known usage. But statistics show more than 400,000 Americans die from diseases related to cigarette smoking each year and more than 150,000 Americans die from alcohol abuse each year.

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Why $42 billion? Because that's what our current marijuana laws cost American taxpayers each year, according to a new study by researcher Jon Gettman, Ph.D. -- $10.7 billion in direct law enforcement costs, and $31.1 billion in lost tax revenues. And that may be an underestimate, at least on the law enforcement side, since Gettman made his calculations before the FBI released its latest arrest statistics in late September. The new FBI stats show an all-time record 829,627 marijuana arrests in 2006, 43,000 more than in 2005.
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3 INTERESTING MARIJUANA FACTS
-Cannabis can be used as a medicine to treat nausea, pain and muscle spasms. It alleviates symptoms of glaucoma, multiple sclerosis, AIDS, migraines and other debilitating ailments.

-In 1989, the DEA's own administrative law judge concluded that "marijuana is one of the safest, therapeutically active substances known to man."

-George Washington, are 1st President, used to grow and smoke marijuana.


When you smoke marijuana it is not the THC that makes you feel high. The feeling of being high is the cause of THC opening up all 6 of your dopamine receptors so therefore the high you feel is organic because your body naturally produces dopamine that gives you a high. (If you don’t know dopamine is a fancy way to say hormones.) People say, “Marijuana makes you lazy.” That is not true, well technically. Like I said when you smoke marijuana it releases dopamine and when you run out of the dopamine your mind feels tired therefore you feel lazy. But once you get a good nights sleep your dopamine levels will be back to normal. Basically if you smoke marijuana and you are lazy it is not the marijuana’s fault.

You also hear the argument that you can abuse marijuana. Well you can also abuse cheeseburger so should cheese burgers be illegal. What about all the people who abuse antidepressants and all the problems antidepressants cause? Should that be illegal as well? I don’t think so. We have many things that are legal that is worse for you than marijuana but people have this idea that marijuana is so much worse than it actually is. Plus for one to overdose on marijuana you would have to smoke a hundred pounds of it in one day and I doubt 1 person alone can smoke over an ounce in 1 day before they start drooling on themselves. Smoking an ounce is 50 times more than the average person would smoke in a day and I know that do to experience. Everybody has heard a story about a drunk being belligerent but I am sure you have never heard of a belligerent stoner.

Marijuana has been researched by the federal government more than ANY DRUG ON THE PLANET with a funding of about 1 billion dollars a year and the only thing bad they have found on marijuana is that it can give you Bronchitis. But you can easily avoid that if you smoke it out of a bong, which takes roughly 90% of the tar out, or use a vaporizer which helps take 100% of the tar out. The war on pot has failed and the good has shown to out way the bad time and time again yet the government still preaches lies that everybody reading this has heard growing up. We should regulate Marijuana by giving it the same laws as alcohol and tax it the same and it will become a drug that beneficial to the economy. How so? The government can save 42 billion dollars and the sales tax coming out of the marijuana business can fund many different things in the economy as well. Plus it would hurt the drug lords in Mexico tremendously because that is how they make at least 80% of their profits which will also lower the crime on the boarders due to less drug trafficking. - JJ Jackson

5)   Giving up the habit is similar to giving up cigarettes. You'll need to change certain habits. For instance: If you smoke weed at a particular time of day, then you'll need to start a different routine. How about meditating at that time or doing yoga? Replace the box where you usually keep your stash with a box of candy. You can also replace the smoking for drinking a mild and relaxing tea such as Chamomile or peppermint. Playing relaxing music also helps. - Shar B

6)   Although its not chemically or physically addicting it IS mentally addicting :/ you dont need to go to rehab thats a stupid reason to get ppl who think they have problems to throw money at the govt and then the govt in turn can have "proof" that the drug is bad. No matter what people say, and go read reports on it (actual studies not govt funded), your body cant physically or chemically develop a dependency on the drug

I used to smoke weed 8-9 times a day and i ate XTC tabs daily like it was candy which eventually led to my OD on over 20 tabs in one night.... You just have to quit, honest to God, ive quit XTC, Cocaine, and Cigs after being addicted to all of them at some point, and the only real way to do it is by quitting cold turkey. Theres no weening off of it. You either quit all together or your not going to quit. Just overcome the mental aspect of it and within a week or 2 you wont have any problems with it. The first week or so is the hardest obviously and its unfortunate. But if your serious about it you can do it. Try chewing gum, eating, and sleeping while your trying to overcome it. Or go out. And make sure you dont hang out with ppl who smoke cause it will make you relapse trust me


If i made it through an overdose and 3 addictions WITHOUT rehab on things harder to quit then weed then you can quit smoking weed. Rehab is a joke, ive had friends go there and it doesnt help worth a flip, they come back and luagh about how dumb it was and go right back to where they were. And then at that point the govt can be like "look drugs are ruining these kids lives they have to go to rehab".... pots never done any harm and it never will, no ones EVER died off of it

Just quit, it can be as easy as it sounds if you make it that way. Just quit, give away what you have and just quit. It works - Poocheese


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Question 2
Hi I'm 16 and I'm getting a laproscopey done in the next week and few days?...  I'm really scared because I've never got an operation before wat am I suppose to do for it I'm really scared everyone says I going to be fine but don't Wat to do it's the only thing on my mind right now please help

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1)   Hi I got a laporscopy done when I was 16 coz I had a ruptured overian cyst dont worry I was scared at first but it turned out really simple and it's very small .. Just don't worry and get it over and done with good luck ;) - Jowhar Al-ameri

2)   Hi As everyone else is saying do not worry......i do not know where on your body you are being operated on but i had my gall bladder removed by laproscopy what happened was they do 3 little cuts, one in the middle of my breast bone the other through my belly button and one on my side for the drain, they insert the camera and tubes through them they pumped air into my body so they had room to look around, took the gall bladder and then glued me back up, my tummy was swollen for about a week, but i can tell you it was the best operation i have ever had, i do not even have a scar. So my thoughts will be with you, and you will be fine. The doctors and nurses will look after you, you do not have to do a thing just try not to worry. Good Luck. - kevina p

3)   Don't be too worried everything will be fine. Think positive thoughts about how you good you will feel once the surgery is done. - Jayson (muscleman)

4)   I had one a few years ago and it was fine. They went in through my belly button so there was no scar. The only horrible bit was recovering from the anaesthetic as I felt a bit sick. I did have some pain when I came round so they gave me some morphine which got rid of the pain almost instantly and I had to take painkillers for a few days (I felt like I had bad period pain). It's a very common procedure so there really is no need to get worried. My consultant showed me the pictures of my insides afterwards and that was really interesting! - Hermia

5)   In order to save human lives, more than a lac of surgeries are performed all over the globe everyday. If no surgery--no popularity of allopathy. it is a boon to the mankind.
Just pray the Almighty to come out successful after Surgery. Not the question of Ur age, but the question of Ur pulling up Ur internal strength & dareness. God bless U.

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Question 3
what natural things can you take to increase memory?...  

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1)   you cant increase your memory. - Alexsaidrawr

2)   ginko biloba - Vali

3)   Cannabis. - Ty

4)   revision - Christopher

5)   The most popular natural products for brain health and memory are Ginkgo Biloba, Acetyl L-Carnitine, Fish Oil (Omega 3), Phosphatidylserine (abbreviated PS), DMAE, Huperzine A, Bacopa Monnieri (or Monniera), and Vinpocetine.
There are a LOT of people that get a lot of benefit from any combination of those. I would suggest adding one at a time to your daily regiment as too much too fast can be tough. I would recommend starting pretty much in order of how I listed them... that's a pretty good listing in order of popularity and effect for the general population. I've taken several of these over time and I've found some that have worked great for my memory and continue to take some of them because of the benefits I got from those items. Good luck and I hope I helped! - oldtimekid2


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Question 4
What diet pills work?...  Looking at trying some diet pills but there are so many which ones work?

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1)   All of them work in the area of your purse.

Reductil or Alli - both recommended by doctors and both taken under a doctors supervision. - Sal*UK

2)   You don't need pills, just plenty of exercise and a balanced diet. - scottishbhoy22

3)   My answer would be that none really work, I have tried several different types, both legal and illegal and had bad side effects.

My advice would be a healthy diet and regular exercise, which I know sounds like the boring answer, but after 20 years of trying quick fixes, I have finally lost weight!

Good luck! - Helen

4)   None. Unless you are morbidly obese and get a prescription. Any that are online or in
shops are at best going to do nothing and at worst going to give you heart problems. I am a recovered anorexic and have tried them all. The only pounds i lost on those things were £££. One called Phenedrine which is touted as a miracle on their made up website, made me feel so sick that the only way to feel better was to eat. I gained 7 pounds. Do yourself a favour and save your money. Workout everyday, eat 1200kcals of lean protein and wholegrains and veg. Avoid sugar and junk. The weight will fall off and you will still have your cash. Have you ever met a slim person who did it through a pill she bought in the pharmacy or online? Would there be any fat people if diet pills worked? Nope. - KCA

5)   When it comes to weight loss there are no quick fixes. Any diet pill needs some kind of help from you and that comes in the form of exercise and change in diet. Look for something that speeds up your metabolism, i.e, makes you burn energy more efficiently. But you still need to do the exercise and change what you are eating. - Rhapsody


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Question 5
I've used a vaginal cream to treat my thrush/yeastinfection but alot of it has come out is it still effective?...  I used an antifungal cream with six applicators which I am supposed to use for six consecutive days during bedtime. But i decided to do it before bedtime and noticed alot of the cream coming out onto my underwear. I was wondering if it would still work as I still have 5 more days of treatment and if it could effect the treatment process in any way?
Preferably during bedtime***

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1)   Try not getting thrush/aids - Fan Loy

2)   If most of it is not where its supposed to be then I don't think it will work. Try applying it just before bedtime, if you're lying down then not as much will come out. - Rhapsody

3)   yes it will solve your problem but the cream should be applied only at bed time .
also consult your phys.to prescribe oral antifungal tab like fluconazole 150mg etc. - Shubhi Soni


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