How can someone stop using pot (marijuana)? Is there something that can be taken as its?

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substitute to slowly replace it, and thus wean yourself off of it?
You guys probably won't believe me (I almost didn't bother to mention it because of this) but this is for my brother, Angelo, who is 29 and has been smoking since he was about 13. He specifically wants to know if there is something that can be taken (a chemical or medication) to replace pot until he can wean off of it.
I've tried to get him to stop (and so has his girlfriend), but he rebels. He DID quit cigarettes, but only to be replaced my something worse- pot.

Answer 1

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There really isn't a med. for it. It's more of a psychological addiction than a physiological addiction. You have to have a lot of wil power to just stop. Your body will not go threw withdrawals because it's not a chemical in your body like opiates, benzos or anything within this family. You can try the med. Chantix which is what people can take to quit smoking. It interferes with the neurons in your brain to stop the craving of wanting to smoke. The bottom line is - HE really has to want to stop smoking to stop the habit/addiction.

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You were the only one to give me a concrete product name. Thx.

Answer 2

erm...for one pot is not worse then cigarettes... but to the point no sorry the only kind of medication to get someone off of weed is the kind he would get addicted to and leave pot in the dust.. but they have to make a personal decision to quit its just not something someone can make them do.. but to push that personal decision for me was my place of work does random drug test and having a job and money far outweighs getting high. and if you can somehow show him this kind of light then im betting you he will quit.

Answer 3

Though it's possible to build a tolerance to marijuana, there is very little evidence that it has any withdrawal properties. Sounds like your brother just doesn't want to stop smoking.

Answer 4

Quitting smoking can be a little like losing a friend: you will grieve, and you need to try to occupy your mind, your hands and your time. Take up a hobby that involves using your hands, such as woodworking or quilting, or make a list of things that need fixing around the house and do them one by one.

Drinking a small glass of water every time you have a craving is a great way to avoid overeating. Or simply notice how quickly a craving disappears. You may be surprised. Even if you do nothing to satisfy it, the strongest craving will vanish within 90 seconds. Sure it comes back, but 90 seconds is not long to hold out each time.

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Answer 5

Well, nicotine from cigarettes is far, far more addictive than marijuana. Ironically, people typically might use cigarettes as a crutch to get off marijuana.

Why do you think pot is worse than cigarettes? Pot does not kill 500,000 people a year like tobacco does. The intoxicating and psychological effects are no worse than alcohol.

And what will it solve to replace the pot with some other drug or chemical? That gets him nowhere and could actually be worse. Sure, you could walk into a Dr. and walk out with a prozac or welbutrin script, but do you really want to see your brother go down that road the rest of his life.

If the guy can quit cigarettes, than he should be able to quit weed, too. Especially since marijuana is not highly addictive, at least not in the sense of other drugs. You do not get physically ill, the way heroin addicts and the like do when going into withdraw.

Some people get into trouble with the law, or get new jobs that require drug testing. In most cases they just stop getting high. Plain and simple. Just like anything else, you have to want to quit.

OK, to actually answer your question, there are perfectly legal "weed alternatives" that you can order off the internet. You see them in the back of magazines. They look kind of like marijuana, and you smoke it. But it doesn't get you high

Answer 6

You have to want to "QUIT" just "QUIT" no ands ifs or buts! just "QUIT"