Why People Are Going to Rehab For Cannabis & How It’s Become Dangerous Over The Years | Ben Cort
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- Опубліковано 15 лис 2023
- Ben has been sober since 1996 and has been part of the recovery movement in almost every way imaginable; from a recipient to a provider to a spokesperson. He joined the field professionally in 2007 working inside of nonprofits, treatment programs and consulting to athletics and organized labor. Highlighted in his book, Weed, Inc.: The Truth About the Pot Lobby, THC, and the Commercial Marijuana Industry, and his TED talk “Surprising Truths about Legalizing Cannabis” Ben has remained active in the discussion around marijuana, assisting several states efforts to hold back Big Marijuana and always advocating for recovery. His reputation as being pro-logic and recovery oriented rather than anti anything, and his widely adopted curriculum on ethical treatment and practices has garnered national recognition. He is utilized by the likes of NFL, and NCAA programs to determine appropriate treatment for their athletes, coaches and their families as well as develop recovery oriented policies.
Today on the show we discuss: Why Ben has been advocating against legalization of marijuana, why parents should be taking cannabis seriously, why more people are going to rehab for cannabis addiction, steps parents can take if their kid is struggling with cannabis addiction, what Ben would do if he was in charge of changing things, why cannabis is destroying peoples lives and more.
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I´ve been sober since 2015. Few months ago, I started growing peppers in my balcony...and after watching videos about hidoponic systems, I suddenly felt itching to grow weed again. Here in Brazil, we are in the early stages of legalization...All one needs is a medical prescription and a habeas corpus from a court to be allowed to grow. A few lawyers and medical doctors are making a ton of money and are youtube famous. One habeas corpus petition costs like 3k USD and a medical appointment with a cannabis-friendly doctor is 250USD ( just the medical appointment is more the monthly minimum wage) . 2 years ago, you´d be sentenced as a drug dealer if they caught you growing 1 plant at home. Im already antisocial ,apathetic enough and struggling with anxiety .I cant be doing this again :(
there are some good studies about how cannabis consumption dysregulates our endogenous cannabinoid system and can cause many adverse effects such as but not limited to: Memory loss, emotional response, processing sleep, Temperature control, pain control, inflammatory and immune responses, eating disorders, and more. Over stimulation of the endogenous cannabinoid system is known be associated with several conditions, such as acute stress, autism, Alzheimer's disease, Macrocytosis, and even cancer.
Cold turkey is the way!!!! your body needs healing not more medicine(chemicals)
It's not even the same as in 70s or 80s, it's a whole different drug now days
It doesn’t make a difference it’s the culture, the Americans being happy, united, less individualistic more community based. The problem is not any drug. There is a core issue deep inside that a person hasn’t addressed, can’t recall, is scared to address that issue needs to be regurgitated and dealt with and even though it’s hard it’s the right thing to do. Once that person is at peace with the core issue I can assure you they will take control and deal with all vices in a safe manner, nothing will have the power to overtake a person. I know this from personal experience. The demon is not the drug. The demon is something that needs to be addressed. It’s somewhere inside of you… no rehab or meeting or sponsor or religious stuff ever worked. Me taking control and confronting myself and my mind. And once I dealt with my pain it was so easy I had no side effects. I control urges by never restricting myself from anything I simply tell myself “hey beautiful u live in Baltimore it’s an open air market for anything a person could want so u can do what u want when u want. But how bout today u just chill and hold off a min” and by me saying I can do anything and everything if I want but choosing to wait a day till the subject comes in my thoughts is cool and not difficult” the minute I label myself and count days and say I’m sober and shit I want to party…. My mind wants to do everything you restrict it from… that’s all I do. I don’t think the problem is anything legal or illegal I think life is hard and we are human and the way we live in America causes loneliness and I think substances is a connection to something which allows you to turn ur mind off
Happy that I just stopped after years of smoking…
I just got out of the mental hospital because my dispensary selling 31% Khalifa Kush advertisement like candy and something that will fix me 30 minutes into it was the biggest mistake of my life now I'm getting panic attacks left and right
Going to rehab for WEED? WTF?
About as safe as coffee, nowhere as dangerous and deadly as aspirin.
And how many have died from smoking weed ?? and how many people die every from booze ?
I think that "denial" was my biggest obstacle to my healing journey. I stopped using alcohol over 20 years ago. I figured that my weed habit wasn't as "self destructive" as my alcohol problem. The intervening years have seen me habitually "wake & bake". I chose the "one hitter" approach, by periodically smoking a single hit, throughout the day.
I'm a month and a half sober after experiencing 2 psychotic episodes.
Glad I was patient enough to hear him out.He sounds very much like me. I am 53 been smoking since the early 80’s.seen so much change in such a bad way 😢
Finding a better life is a combination of quitting weed and a healthy job market and economy. Having a sense of purpose is the biggest deterrent to want to lessen the possibilities that are available for you in your life.
10th day for me. Luckily I am blessed with a loving supportive family. I was a heavy user for 20 years, I quit because I finally grew up. finally realized I was living a life that wasn't real. Quit to see how improvements in my physically training and sports will be. the first several days were brutal, insomnia, migraines , nausea and really pissed off. These days I'm feeling much better, thinking clearly and my workouts are actually much improved. The DREAMS are unreal. getting better sleep and my energy is through the roof. Mentally its a long road, but i feel unstoppable and much more confident in who I am. My family notices the difference and that's the important thing to me!! Stay the course, you can do it. Videos like these help me out so much! Aloha from Hawaii!!!!
So good that this information is coming out now. Thank you.
These comments are wild. Some people are very attached to their chemical safety blankets.
I smoked skunk heavily at uni , progressing to buckst bongs and space cakes all day long.
Thanks for speaking in Great Falls, Montana. We very much enjoyed having you here and we hope you will come back someday.
Amazing conversation and it’s I’m exactly what I needed to hear today. 🙏🏽❤️