WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR MY SONS MARIJUANA ADDICTION? 
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WHAT CAN BE DONE FOR MY SONS MARIJUANA ADDICTION? 
Question: Hello, my name is Cathy and I have a 20 year old son who has been struggling with marijuana addiction. He is in college and has many negative encounters associated with this drug, although he fails to see the necessity of quitting. He has tried in the past to no avail, and he is presently seeing the school counselor, but has missed several appoints due to various reasons. He says he is on a plan to slowly cut down and then quit, but I am very apprehensive about this, probably because we have been struggling with this for nearing 8 years. I have tried my best, but do realize it is up to him. He says that his mind races and that this calms him down, that he gets anxious when he doesn’t smoke pot and that he is in fact self medicating. What steps can we take to help him? Please respond. I don’t know what more to do! Dr. Heller’s Answer: You identified the problem – hes self medicating his anxiety disorder(s). Marijuana “helps” many anxious people feel better, at a price. He needs to get his anxiety problems diagnosed and treated. The screening test I use for my patients may be helpful, it can be found at http://pks.947.myftpupload.com/screen.htm 
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