Dispelling Common Misconceptions Surrounding Cannabis
<p>One of the founding fathers of the self-help movement, <a href="https://www.johnbradshaw.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">John Bradshaw</a> remarked that, <em>“it is in adolescence that we begin to act out our original pain and unmet childhood needs.” G</em>iven an extensive history of traumatic childhood abuse and neglect, Bradshaw’s prophetic words bore out. By the time I was a teenager this typically stormy stage of individuation was all the more intensified by numerous core injuries that culminated in self-hatred and being terrified by life. Stupefied, I’d frequently question if it was all some awful joke.</p>
<p>Understandably, getting high was a viable alternative to suicide. Although I was a so-called <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=garbage+head" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">garbage head</a>, my daily drug of choice was marijuana. Along with wandering the streets of NYC at all hours, dancing the night away at new wave punk clubs, risqué escapades and sundry narcotic use, my tenacious reliance on marijuana helped me endure the pain of my existence.</p>
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