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Although marijuana is inching its way toward legitimacy legally in this country, that does not change the fact that people abuse the drug and can become addicted to it. Cannabis addiction was itself a debated diagnosis for many years, but the most recent addiction of the DSM, DSM V identifies cannabis addiction as an established and all too common phenomenon. Occasional mild to moderate use of cannabis seems to produce few lasting effects. However, for people already in active addiction or those young people who do not yet realize they have addictive tendencies, marijuana functions as both an addictive substance itself and a gateway drug to even harder substances.
Cannabis can cause of host of issues, and in large amounts can aggravate underlying mental illness, such as schizophrenia. It can also produce Substance Induce Psychotic Disorder, a state of profoundly high delusionary paranoia. In that state a person can be a harm to himself or others.
Allow us to help you, or your loved one, find the best treatment options available. ERP works with a large network of treatment centers allowing us to easily find a program that will be the best fit for each specific client.
Typically cannabis today is far more patent that the cannabis smoked in the 1970s, with one typical join today being the rough equivalent of 10 joints of marijuana from the 1970s, as far as THC goes, THC is the active psychotropic ingredient in marijuana. In high doses, THC can be a hallucinogenic.
When does cannabis abuse go beyond a violation of societal norms and become a problem needing rehab? The simplest answer is this: when a person needs daily use of cannabis to accomplish the regular activities of daily living—work, school, staying physically clean and neat, and essentially be a responsible member of our society—then addiction is present. Relying on a drug that is far from nationally legal, and could be made illegal again at the whim of law, is placing one’s self unnecessarily in harm’s way.
Treatment for cannabis addiction does not typically require detoxification, except for the heaviest of users or users with co-occurring mental illness, for whom the cessation of cannabis intake could aggravate the illness. Treatment can be carried out in inpatient residential, which is a great treatment option for teenagers who might already be out of control in the home setting. Inpatient residential provides order and structure in which treatment activities take place constantly. The goal of rehab centers for cannabis is to teach users how to successfully meet life’s challenges and stresses without needing a addictive substance.
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