think you can stop anytime you want to?-“ I believe I can stop smoking if certain circumstances arose, but otherwise I wouldn’t”13.) What type of circumstances?-“ I don’t know…. maybe if I knew that I had to take a drug test for some reason…or other circumstances arose that wouldn’t affect my future”14.) So you could stop whenever you wanted to?-“ yes, I think any one can quit, it just takes will power and support”15.) Do you have any intention of quitting? Why or why not-“ No, I don’t. It’s fun. It makes a bad day better without making the next day worse. I feel I function properly when I’m high”16.) Do you think there is any reason why you should stop? Why or why not?-“ at the moment I don’t think there any reasons why I should quit, but maybe later in life when responsibilities build, such as having children, that would be reason to quit. Or maybe even job responsibilities”17.) Now, you said that you could stop through will power and support. Could you stop with will power alone?-“ yeah, I know I could quit on my own”18.) One final question for you. Do you think that you depend on marijuana in any circumstance or can you stop tomorrow and never be faced with a desire to do it again?-“ no, I really don’t think I depend on it , I mean I can think of some many situations that would make me want but I could do with out it”Even though my interviewee may not admit to himself or to me, it is obvious through my interview that he or she has a psychological dependency. Quite frankly the individual is denial. The reason he or she started was because of emotional stress and marijuana was used as a crutch. It was that quick fix that I spoke about earlier. A simple and quite temporary solution to serious problems. The individual’s use of the drug as means of pleasure is clearly evident. I...
