{"id":244134,"date":"2025-10-20T14:43:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T21:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marijuana-anonymous.org\/?p=244134"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:56:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T17:56:32","slug":"who-is-a-marijuana-addict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marijuana-anonymous.org\/reading\/who-is-a-marijuana-addict\/","title":{"rendered":"Who is a Marijuana Addict"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We who are marijuana addicts know the answer to this question. Marijuana controls our lives! We lose interest in all else; our dreams go up in smoke. Ours is a progressive illness often leading us to addictions to other drugs, including alcohol. 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