By Megan Twohey, Danielle Ivory and Carson Kessler The reporters are continuing to examine cannabis policies, use of the drug and the rise of the commercial market.
Published Oct. 4, 2024 Updated Oct. 7, 2024
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In midcoast Maine, a pediatrician sees teenagers so dependent on cannabis that they consume it practically all day, every day — “a remarkably scary amount,” she said.
From Washington State to West Virginia, psychiatrists treat rising numbers of people whose use of the drug has brought on delusions, paranoia and other symptoms of psychosis.
And in the emergency departments of small community hospitals and large academic medical centers alike, physicians encounter patients with severe vomiting induced by the drug — a potentially devastating condition that once was rare but now, they say, is common. “Those patients look so sick,” said a doctor in Ohio, who described them “writhing around in pain.”
As marijuana legalization has accelerated across the country, doctors are contending with the effects of an explosion in the use of the drug and its intensity. A $33 billion industry has taken root, turning out an ever-expanding range of cannabis products so intoxicating they bear little resemblance to the marijuana available a generation ago. Tens of millions of Americans use the drug, for medical or recreational purposes — most of them without problems.
But with more people consuming more potent cannabis more often, a growing number, mostly chronic users, are enduring serious health consequences.
The accumulating harm is broader and more severe than previously reported. And gaps in state regulations, limited public health messaging and federal restraints on research have left many consumers, government officials and even medical practitioners in the dark about such outcomes.
Again and again, The New York Times found dangerous misconceptions.
Many users believe, for instance, that people cannot become addicted to cannabis. But millions do.
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everything in moderation. there was a point in my life where i would have a "cart", or like a "dabpen", or whatever you want to call it, basically just concentrates in a vape. but i would just literally hit that shit when i woke up until i went to bed, even sometimes when i woke up in the middle of the night, i would hit it a couple times.
blew through tons of $ on it, and all it left me with was an urge to keep hitting it but at the same time the inablility to actually "get high".
regular bud wouldnt do anything at all, just make me smell like i just smoked it.
i finnnnalllly, for financial reasons and the fact that i was fed up with myself and tired of that shit, took a couple months off. i dont get concentrates or carts anymore, unless im traveling.
normal flower and edibles are 100% the way to go.
treat it with responsiblity and it will treat you well in return.
ever since i have switched from that to the greens i havent actually felt the urge to just smoke and smoke and smoke and have the need to get high all the time. its like an occasional treat.
with that said, its not for everyone, and this is from a recreational standpoint, not a medical one.
edit to add on:
the carts and vapes made it way too easy to just do it wherever and whenever and i think that that was the actuall catalyst