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quickesst

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2. totally agree
Fri Jun 5, 2015, 12:45 PM
Jun 2015

...with you. Show me one instance of someone suffering from withdrawals of pot, and I'll show you a person who is addicted psychologically, not physically. I'm 63 and smoked pot up until the time I was 59. The only reason I don't smoke it now is because of my job. If it is legalized and i no longer have to fear losing that job because of testing, the first thing I'll do is go out and buy me a sack, and hopefully it will be legal. Having said that, I got caught up in the drinking because of personal problems. I thought it was an escape. It was not an escape. It was a trap, and I led myself into it. I spent one solid year in VA rehab kicking this thing. it wasn't easy, but I am now alcohol free, happy, and feeling good. When I quit smoking, I simply stopped. no ill effects, no withdrawals, just stopped. There are times when someone trying to help a cause don't really help. Promoting so-called helpful tidbits from the establishment still leaves people believing there are dangers that do not really exist.

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