Quit Your Addiction Using Marijuana
To some, marijuana may be the last thing that pops into the mind when it comes to quitting a vice. Over the years, though, cannabis has been showing us that it deserves way more credit than it is getting.
Every now and then, we find evidence after evidence of unexpected health benefits of marijuana. One of these benefits is helping people get off of common addictions such as smoking, drinking, and drug abuse.
If you find yourself desperately groping for a cure to an addiction, take a little time to read about how marijuana could be the answer to your problem.
Tobacco
If we tell you that smoking marijuana helps end one’s addiction to smoking tobacco, it will be easy for you to think that going this route merely shifts the
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Moreover, cannabis decreased the likelihood of relapse in these patients.
Take note, though, that cannabis was not found to be a cure, but a harm reduction substance. It will not cause you to stop drinking immediately but will help you get off the habit at a safe rate.
Drugs
Labeled a gateway drug for the longest time, marijuana is now becoming more popularly known as an exit drug. In medical jargon, an exit drug is a substance that helps an addict get clean by producing the same feeling that the addictive substance does, but without the harmful effects.
With more and more people getting hooked on heroin and other drugs because of prescription opiates, cannabis is showing to be beneficial in alleviating one’s dependency on these drugs.
Researchers from the University of British Columbia, Florida State University, and the National Center for PTSD and Center for Innovation and Implementation (California) found that marijuana could, in fact, be used to fight addiction.
In addition to drug dependency, it turns out cannabis can be used to combat common disorders such as anxiety, PTSD, and