25 Percent of Those in Drug Rehab There for Marijuana

Just about anytime I, or other bloggers, write about the dangers of marijuana, tons of readers make comments about how ridiculous a concept that is – that they’ve been smoking grass, along with their friends, for 40 years or whatever and have never gotten into any other drugs. They also say they can stop anytime, do not need drug rehab, and it causes no problems for them in life.

Yet new data released in Switzerland showed that 25% of the people in drug rehab in that country are there because of marijuana. The same number is there for heroin. That doesn’t sound like some harmless drug to me.

Perhaps the difference here, between the people who write to us protesting the innocence of weed, is that the people who get themselves into drug rehab realize it actually is effecting their lives.

The last person I met personally who told me he’s been smoking marijuana for decades and that it causes no problems in his life didn’t seem to have a great life. He was about 55 years old, roughly 100 pounds overweight, had a long, gray ponytail and beard, lived alone (except for several very large birds who had been his sole companions for years), and worked behind the counter in a pet store.

I’m not saying there’s anything wrong with that, and he seems very content. Blissful, even.

But I can’t help thinking there was a time he wanted more out of life, and can’t imagine him in his younger years describing his current life as what he wanted.

That’s probably the biggest problem with marijuana – your dreams can go up in smoke, and you don’t even really notice. You’re disassociated from it all and your bliss is supplied by the joint you lift to your lips again and again as life slips through your fingers.

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