• Coeus@coeus.sbs
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    1 year ago

    I smoke weed every day to keep my mind calm. It helps with the anxiety.

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      1 year ago

      That’s like taking paracetamol for a permanent headache. It’s effectiveness will wane and over time you’ll need stronger and stronger anaesthetics. It’s to treat the symptoms rather than the cause.

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      1 year ago

      And if you were to stop, you might feel a desire to go back on it, due to the lack of free dopamine it gives you. No matter how ‘strong’ that addiction is that psychological want for it can cause relapse