Cannabis Addiction

Over time many have said  that Cannabis isn’t addictive, but the general consensus is changing:

• Addictionsandrecovery.org claim, that of one study including 2446 young adults, 17% of them had withdrawal symptoms when stopping smoking cannabis.

• The Guardian report cannabis dependency has increased by 142% in the last decade.

• The UK Department of Health report "Cannabis is a weakly addictive drug but does induce dependence in a significant minority of regular users”.

Cannabis creates a tolerance in the central nervous system; anything that creates a tolerance will have withdrawal symptoms when ceased.  In order to fully tackle cannabis addiction the psychological aspect must also be addressed. As in operant conditioning positive effects lead to continued behaviour, the link between stimulus and response must be broken in order to fully overcome cannabis addiction. This is done by leaning new positive behaviours and coping mechanisms.