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For the past several years, 75-year-old Miguel Laboy has smoked a joint with his coffee every morning. He tells himself he won\u2019t start tomorrow the same way, but he usually does.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou know what bothers me? To have cannabis on my mind the first thing in the morning,\u201d he said, sparking a blunt in his Brookline, Massachusetts, apartment. \u201cI\u2019d like to get up one day and not smoke. But you see how that\u2019s going.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since legalization and commercialization,\u00a0daily cannabis use<\/a>\u00a0has become a defining \u2014 and often invisible \u2014 part of many people\u2019s lives. High-potency vapes and concentrates now dominate the market, and doctors say they can blur the line between relief and dependence over time so that users don\u2019t notice the shift. Across the country, people who turned to cannabis for help are finding it harder to put down.<\/p>\n

Overall, alcohol remains more widely used than cannabis. But starting in 2022, the number of daily cannabis users in the U.S. surpassed that of daily drinkers \u2014 a major shift in American habits.<\/p>\n

Researchers say the rise has unfolded alongside products that\u00a0contain far more THC than the marijuana<\/a>\u00a0of past decades, including vape oils and concentrates that can reach 80% to 95% THC. Massachusetts, like most states, sets no limit on how strong these products can be.<\/p>\n

Doctors warn that daily, high-potency use can cloud memory, disturb sleep, intensify anxiety or depression and trigger addiction in ways earlier generations didn\u2019t encounter. Many who develop cannabis use disorder say it\u2019s hard to recognize the signs because of the\u00a0widespread belief that marijuana isn\u2019t addictive<\/a>. Because the consequences tend to creep in gradually \u2014 brain fog, irritability, dependence \u2014 users often miss when therapeutic use shifts into compulsion.<\/p>\n

How a habit becomes an addiction<\/h4>\n

Laboy, a retired chef, began seeing a substance-use counselor after telling his doctor he felt depressed, unmotivated and increasingly isolated as his drinking and cannabis use escalated.<\/p>\n

Naltrexone helped him quit alcohol, but he hasn\u2019t found a way to quit marijuana. Unlike alcohol and opioids, there is no FDA-approved medication to treat cannabis addiction, though research is underway.<\/p>\n

Laboy, who first smoked at 18, said marijuana has long soothed symptoms tied to undiagnosed ADHD, childhood trauma and painful experiences \u2014 including cancer treatment and his son\u2019s death. Through decades in restaurant kitchens, he considered himself a \u201cfunctional pothead.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lately, though, his use has become compulsive. After retiring, he began vaping 85% THC cartridges.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese days, I carry two things in my hands: my vape and my cellular \u2014 that\u2019s it,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m not proud of it, but it\u2019s the reality.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cannabis eases his anxiety and \u201csettles his spirit,\u201d but he\u2019s noticed it affects his concentration. He hopes to learn to read music, but sustaining focus at the piano has grown difficult.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s seen an addiction psychiatrist for six months, but he hasn\u2019t been able to cut back. The medical system doesn\u2019t seem equipped to help, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re not ready yet,\u201d Laboy said. \u201cI go to them for help, but all they say is, \u2018Try to smoke less.\u2019 I already know that \u2014 that\u2019s why I\u2019m there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Younger users describe a similar slide \u2014 one that begins with relief and ends somewhere harder to define.<\/p>\n

Brain fog becomes \u2018your new normal\u2019<\/h4>\n

Kyle, a 20-year-old Boston University student, says cannabis helps him manage panic attacks he\u2019s had since high school. He spoke on the condition that only his first name be used because he buys cannabis illegally.<\/p>\n

In the Allston apartment he shares with fraternity brothers, they have a communal bong.<\/p>\n

When he\u2019s high, Kyle feels calm \u2014 and able to process anxious thoughts and feel a sense of gratitude. But that clarity has become harder to reach when he\u2019s sober.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I was able to do that better a year ago,\u201d he said. \u201cNow I can only do it when I\u2019m high, which is scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said the brain fog and feeling of detachment develop so gradually they become \u201cyour new normal.\u201d Some mornings, he wakes up feeling like an observer in his own life, struggling to recall the day before. \u201cIt can be tough to wake up and go, \u2018Oh my God, who am I?\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Still, he doesn\u2019t plan to stop anytime soon.<\/p>\n

Kyle says cannabis helps him function \u2014 more than seeking professional treatment would. Doctors say that ambivalence is common: many people feel cannabis is both the problem and the solution.<\/p>\n

A dream turns into a nightmare<\/h4>\n

Anne Hassel spent a month in jail and a year on probation for growing cannabis in the 1980s. She cried when Massachusetts\u2019 first dispensaries opened \u2014 and left her physical therapy career to get a job at one.<\/p>\n

Within a year, though, \u201cmy dream job turned into a nightmare,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Hassel, 58, said some consultants pushed staff to promote high-potency concentrates as \u201cmore medicinal,\u201d downplaying their risks. After trying her first dab \u2014 a nearly instantaneous, \u201cstupefying\u201d high \u2014 she began using 90% THC concentrate several times a day.<\/p>\n

Her use quickly became debilitating, she said. She lost interest in things she once loved, like mountain biking. One autumn day, she drove to the woods and turned back without getting out. \u201cI just wanted to go to my friend\u2019s house and dab,\u201d she said. \u201cI hated myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

She didn\u2019t seek formal treatment but recovered with the help of a friend. Riding her green motorcycle \u2014 once named \u201cSativa\u201d after her favorite strain \u2014 has helped her reconnect to her body and spirit.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople don\u2019t want to acknowledge what\u2019s going on because\u00a0legalization<\/a>\u00a0was tied to social justice,\u201d she said. \u201cYou get swept up in it and don\u2019t recognize the harm until it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n

Community for those who want to leave<\/h4>\n

Online, that realization unfolds daily on r\/leaves, a Reddit community of more than 380,000 people trying to cut back or quit.<\/p>\n

Users describe a similar push-pull \u2014 craving the calm cannabis brings, then feeling trapped by the fog. Some write about isolation and regret, saying years of smoking dulled their ambition and presence in relationships. Others post pleas for help from work or doctors\u2019 offices.<\/p>\n

Together, they paint a portrait of dependence that is quiet and routine \u2014 and difficult to escape.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen people talk about legalizing a drug, they\u2019re really talking about commercializing it,\u201d said Dave Bushnell, who founded the Reddit group. \u201cWe\u2019ve built an industry optimized to sell as much as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

What doctors want people to know<\/h4>\n

Dr. Jordan Tishler, a former emergency physician who now treats medical cannabis patients in Massachusetts, said low doses of THC paired with high doses of CBD can help some patients with anxiety. Many products have high levels of THC, which can worsen symptoms, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a medicine,\u201d he said. \u201cIt can be useful, but it can also be dangerous \u2014 and access without guidance is dangerous.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dr. Kevin Hill, an addiction director at Boston\u2019s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center who specializes in cannabis use disorder, said the biggest gap is education, among both consumers and clinicians.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think adults should be allowed to do what they want as long as it doesn\u2019t hurt anybody else,\u201d but many users don\u2019t understand the risks, Hill said.<\/p>\n

He said the conversation shouldn\u2019t be about prohibition but about balance and informed decision-making. \u201cFor most people, the risks outweigh the benefits.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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