No, I was completely sober for a few years after kicking all the hard stuff. I acquired a taste for marijuana relatively recently, and while I do smoke quite a bit nowadays, I don't think of it as a coping tool, just something I do for fun when I have time to kill.

Interesting, I myself vaporize (I don't like smoke) but it is mostly for medical reasons (I live in California) as I refuse to take hard pharmaceuticals. My doctor agrees.

Getting a vape has been high on my list of priorities ever since I've become more invested in my health, which incidentally wasn't a concern until after I began smoking regularly.

You can be addicted to marijuana? It's the first time I read this. Or is it just something I interpret into your comment?

You can become psychologically dependent on it.

I would definitely consider myself being 'addicted' in that sense when I smoked pot.

I didn't get any joy out of recreational activities I was engaging in unless I was high first. I always felt like like the buzz wasn't as good as it could have been if I were high.

A few months after quitting that went away though.

Weed also made me lazy and paranoid after a while, so it was actively damaging to me.

I don't smoke anymore.

Is this an honest question? I mean, really? I'm as pro-legalization as they come, but it is well documented (and well known) that yes marijuana is addictive. For example, you could start at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_dependence, then http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=marijuana+addictio..., and work your way through 5 decades of research from there.

It's shocking that everybody talks about legalizing but nobody talks about that. Thanks!

Your name would also imply some level of cannabis use. Also, cartoon racism.

Oh, do me next!