o it. The point is that using marijuana becomes an alternate pleasure and it is this alternative to the everyday concept of pleasure that builds a dependency. You begin to depend on it when you have a problem. You use it to escape the worries of reality. Marijuana becomes that quick solution to the problem that everyone craves for. We do not want to worry about the long term, we want a quick fix and it is this that creates dependency.The following is an interview with a marijuana user: 1.) Do you use marijuana?-“yes”2.) How often do you smoke marijuana?-“ I usually smoke marijuana at least twice a day”3.) How long have you been smoking marijuana?-“ I’ve been smoking for about four – five years”4.) Why do you think you began?-“ I began smoking because I was born with my life. I was also going through some very emotional times because of the death of a parent”5.) Do you feel that marijuana helped you through those times?-“ I mean, yeah, because it always made me happy when I was feeling like *censored*”6.) Were your friends smoking it at the time?-“ most of my friends were smoking it at the time”7.) Did they turn you on to it? Also, did they ever pressure you to try it?-“ Ummm, they didn’t really pressure me. I wanted to try it for my self to see what it was like.8.) Was it enjoyable when you first started using it?-“ The first time I smoked I had a great time…I laughed a lot. I went to a school dance and it was lots of fun”9.) Do you think you would’ve had just as much fun if you were sober?-“ I don’t think I would’ve even danced”10.) Why do you continue to use it?-“ cause it makes things more enjoyable”11.) Why are thing more enjoyable?-“ because I get to see things from a different perspective…although I am quite focused. It also helps me relax”12.) Do you ...
