Marijuana Addiction Stories : The Spiraling Journey with Marijuana Addiction Marijuana Addiction happens to be the number one leading cause of broken marriages, relationships and lives in America right now. Even though there is a Law that clearly states that smoking weed, pot, or reefer is illegal, it seems no one is heeding to its call. Getting addicted to cannabis by rolling leaves into a cigarette stick and passing around to others during get-togethers is the usual scenario one can associate with this act. Marijuana has this mind-altering effect which often gives a feeling of make love not war kind of condition to the user. Some students as young as twelve years are getting enslaved by their Marijuana addiction to do strange things like steal and even get someone pregnant. The effect of Marijuana is immediate and lasts for a maximum of four hours depending on the quantity of hits and how the drug was consumed – some smoke it or mix it with food or with a beverage like tea or soda. What happens here is the state of euphoria or the feeling of soaring in the sky. This is caused by the introduction of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC to the brain. ...