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Marijuana is a substance with addictive potential. According to figures provided in the DASIS2 report published through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, of the 1.6 million people seeking treatment for drug and alcohol abuse in the US in 1999, 220,000 of them, or 14%, sought treatment for primary marijuana abuse. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported that in the year 2004, almost 300,000 people entered drug treatment programs seeking help in stopping their marijuana addiction. These statistics alone might be sufficient to support the short answer given above.
However, marijuana addiction is not as simple because it involves issues regarding withdrawal symptoms, dependence versus abuse, and so on. Before we get to that, let’s take a quick look at marijuana and how it affects the brain.
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- Scientific name: Cannabis sativa
- Class: Psychoactive, mind-altering
- Active ingredient: THC (delta-9-TetraHydroCannabinol)
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