Quitting Marijuana: Finding Effective Treatment Can Be Difficult
Most of the quitting marijuana programs available today are based on the recovery model of Alcoholic's Anonymous
. The organization that brought us this recovery model is also the one who brought us Prohibition, The Christian Temperance Movement of the early 20th Century.
As a pot smoker today, my guess is that your worldview will likely be at odds with a recovery program based on the work of a 20th Century religious group that favored Prohibition.
Another problem with the AA recovery model is that 45% of 1st time members never make it to their second meeting. 95% of AA members do not make it past their 1st year. If you are serious about quitting marijuana, you may want to choose a recovery model with a better track record.
Bottom line is that while the AA recovery method works for some people, it may not be the best model for folks interested interested in quitting marijuana use.
Something else that is wrong with most methods of quitting marijuana is that the research these methods are based on is focused on old or outdated information. The marijuana being smoked today is twice as potent as what the Hippies were smoking in the Sixties and Seventies. And marijuana grown in 2010 is 10 times as strong as it was just ten years earlier.
Today's highly advanced growing techniques like hydroponics are creating new strains of marijuana that have THC literally dripping and crystalized in the buds. At the same time most of the quitting marijuana treatment programs today are still treating marijuana like the same relatively harmless non addictive substance it was 40 or 50 years ago. This is not your father's marijuana. It is many times more potent and very addictive.
A final thing that makes it hard to find an effective marijuana treatment program is the nature of the drug itself. THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, and its metabolites are fat soluble compounds that stay in your fat tissue for long periods of time.
As they build up in your system they create the long term effects of marijuana use like short term memory loss, lack of focus, mood swings ,and paranoia. They also increase your tolerance to the drug to the point where you are craving and smoking large amounts without feeling any effects.
The ironic thing is that none of the traditional methods of quitting marijuana offer any kind of a detox program to help remove these toxins from your system and aid you in quitting marijuana. The ideal recovery program would be created for pot smokers by a former pot smoker and would include a proven method for detox.
by: Drew F. Spaeth
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