Is Marijuana Addiction Causing Major Problems for Your Son/Daughter? Or is it just a phase?

The Invisible Intervention 👉🏻https://www.familyrecoveryacademy.online/invisible-intervention

Dr. Frank’s YouTube channel 👉🏻@AddictionMindset

Criteria for Cannabis Use Disorder:
According to the DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition), the criteria for Cannabis Use Disorder is as follows:

Use of cannabis for at least a one-year period, with the presence of at least two of the following symptoms, accompanied by significant impairment of functioning and distress:

1. Difficulty controlling the use of cannabis/marijuana/thc- the drug is used in larger amounts and over a longer period than intended.

2. Repeated failed efforts to discontinue or reduce the amount of cannabis that is used

3. An inordinate amount of time is occupied acquiring, using, or recovering from the effects of cannabis.

4. Cravings or desires to use cannabis. This can include intrusive thoughts and images, and dreams about cannabis or olfactory perceptions of the smell of cannabis due to preoccupation with cannabis.

5. Continued use of cannabis despite adverse consequences from its use, such as criminal charges, ultimatums of abandonment from spouse/partner/friends, and poor productivity.

6. Other important activities in life, such as work, school, hygiene, and responsibility to family and friends, are superseded by the desire to use cannabis.

7. Cannabis is used in potentially dangerous contexts, such as operating a motor vehicle.

8. Use of cannabis continues despite awareness of physical or psychological problems being caused by the marijuana abuse- e.g., anergia, lack of motivation, chronic cough.

9. Tolerance to Cannabis, as defined by progressively larger amounts of cannabis is needed to obtain the psychoactive effect experienced when use first started or, noticeably reduced effect of use of the same amount of cannabis

10. Withdrawal, defined as the typical withdrawal syndrome associated with cannabis, or cannabis or a similar substance is used to prevent withdrawal symptoms.

11. Unsuccessful efforts to sustain control or cut back marijuana consumption.

source