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I’ve Smoked Pot Every Day for 9 Years — Here’s What it’s Like to Quit
New York Post ^ | 3/28 | Erin Keller

Posted on 03/28/2023 7:55:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway

A 22-year-old content creator and model is getting real about withdrawal symptoms she said she’s experienced since she stopped smoking marijuana two months ago.

Suede Brooks from Las Vegas made a viral TikTok on Sunday in which she claimed to have gone through a pound of weed every three months while smoking every day for nine years.

“Thought I would open up a bit,” she captioned the clip, which has sparked over 2.3 million views. “For the longest time, I never thought I had a problem with it until I realized the amount of money that I was spending … and if you smoke weed, you know how much that is.”

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TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: cheechandchong; freedom; godsplant; marijuana; medicine; pothead; reefermadness; smellslikefreedom; weed
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1 posted on 03/28/2023 7:55:15 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

I don’t have to even read the article to call total BS on this.


2 posted on 03/28/2023 7:58:43 PM PDT by algore
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To: nickcarraway

1 hour ago

You really need to relax! It’s legal in most states now because it’s still better than alcohol & alcoholism.


from the comments.

note the comparison from that person instead of comparing it to being sober.


3 posted on 03/28/2023 8:00:23 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: nickcarraway

Smoke em if you got em


4 posted on 03/28/2023 8:01:08 PM PDT by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: nickcarraway

I am amazed the Democrats are not yet giving away “expensive” marijuana to the “needy”.

Maybe that will be on their agenda for next year.


5 posted on 03/28/2023 8:02:18 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: nickcarraway

Marijuana has many negative effects that users of it deny religiously. One of them is that it’s very addictive.


6 posted on 03/28/2023 8:02:33 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: PeterPrinciple

A lot of pot smokers also abuse alcohol, they aren’t mutually exclusive.


7 posted on 03/28/2023 8:02:53 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: algore

I’m not sure what you think is bs, whether it be the money spent or using it as a coping mechanism.

I’ve never smoked it, but 20 years ago two cigs of MJ was about $20 and that’s about $730/year if that’s all you use.

Not everybody uses MJ to psychologically cope with stresses, just like not everybody uses alcohol to cope with stresses. However, some do. She did.


8 posted on 03/28/2023 8:03:03 PM PDT by Jonty30 (It is not how many that go into Mexico that counts. It is how many that return from Mexico.)
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To: cgbg

Don’t give them any ideas.


9 posted on 03/28/2023 8:05:11 PM PDT by miserare ( Free Jacob Chansley!)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

In my youth I drove just once while high on marijuana.

I thought it was a 7.0 earthquake the way the road kept weaving side to side and up and down.

If anyone claims driving while high is safe they are lying.


10 posted on 03/28/2023 8:05:55 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: nickcarraway

Recreational Chemistry is for losers - bump for later...


11 posted on 03/28/2023 8:06:14 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: cgbg

Yeah, I’ve heard people say they can drive better when stoned. But a mind-altering drug like pot can also make you delusional, believe it or not.


12 posted on 03/28/2023 8:07:28 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Jonty30

Assuming 1/4 gram per joint that is like 20 per day or something

And Vegas was not really weed friendly 7 years ago especially not for 13 year olds.

Sorry. I don’t buy it, not even if it was seedy mexi dirt weed.


13 posted on 03/28/2023 8:08:47 PM PDT by algore
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Yeah I have heard those claims—they are wrong on so many levels.

When you are high you actually get “sensory overload”—which is really bad when you are driving.

The driver needs to have focus on the task at hand and should not be distracted by stunningly beautiful scenery on the side of the road (to give just one example).


14 posted on 03/28/2023 8:11:02 PM PDT by cgbg (Claiming that laws and regs that limit “hate speech” stop freedom of speech is “hate speech”.)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

Lol

No it is not

Casual use that is impossible

My last girlfriend became chemically dependent on Diet Coke. So what’s your point? Anything can become addicted if you’re pumping it into your body 24 seven


15 posted on 03/28/2023 8:12:04 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: cgbg

Why? Medicaid already pays for a lot of painkillers for opioid addicts.


16 posted on 03/28/2023 8:14:38 PM PDT by brianl703
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To: Telepathic Intruder

You can’t drive while high. The problem is everything is in exact moment of time. Memory from tbe now to two seconds ago is forgotten.

For example, when approaching a red light you don’t have any recollection of needing to slow down. It’s a struggle for one second to the next. At least it was for my ‘friend’.

He’s never doing that again.


17 posted on 03/28/2023 8:14:45 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Hammerhead

Coke doesn’t alter your consciousness. It’s not a psychoactive drug. And yes it’s addictive especially since I know that from personal experience. You may think you know more than the experts who have studied it, but you’re probably a user with an agenda and fooling yourself. It’s easy to do while under its effects.


18 posted on 03/28/2023 8:16:51 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: nickcarraway

Yah, just wait until you’re 55 or so years old and you have CRS. (Can’t Remember S**t) Or, if you want to take some kind of advanced schooling at that point in your life.


19 posted on 03/28/2023 8:17:12 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (Apoplectic is where we want them)
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To: nickcarraway

Many just grow their own nowadays. They make small hobby gardens with the weed today, growing different strains. They treat them like tiny high-end wine vineyards, prized vegetables etc. If they do it right, it doesn’t take much to get a year long supply, maybe a couple of plants will do it.

And many did this because like all commodities, the government got greedy and the retail distributors just passed off all the government taxes/regulation costs to the consumers. According to the co-owner of a dispensary I talked to, she said many people just said eff that and started to grow their own.


20 posted on 03/28/2023 8:17:39 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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