Marijuana- The Escape to Nowhere
Channel: Thrift Shop Archive
Date: 2017-11-06

In this video, personal stories are interwoven with interviews from a treatment professional and a research pharmacologist to uncover the devastating effects of long-term marijuana use on the body, mind, and spirit. The video ends on a message of hope as recovering addicts share their accompishments and dreams fulfilled since breaking the chains of marijuana addication.

Discussion Questions
1. Why is smoking pot dangerous for a recovering alcoholic or heroin addict?
2. What are some of the medical complications that can arise from long-term marijuana use?
3. Why is marijuana referred to as a "dream killer"?
4. What is cross-addiction?
5. What's the difference between the pot that's grown now and the pot that was grown back in the 1960s?
6. What rewards does recovery bring for marijuana addicts?

Running time: 40:29
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