Australia: Trial of Cannabis Withdrawal Spray Sativex Popular With Middle-Aged Pothead Dads
New father Tristin Jones*, 35, has smoked marijuana for so long that it was the only way he felt normal.
Mr Jones, who has smoked weed every day for 17 years, had promised to quit at every major milestone in his life, including when he turned 30 and after his son was born 18 months ago. But he couldn't. And he didn't.
Mr Jones was also worried about being caught by police during random drug testing, or about having a car accident with cannabis still in his system.
He mostly wanted to be drug free to enjoy the highs and lows of raising a child.
"When my child grows up, I would want him to be proud of who I am, not thinking that I am a pothead. And I want to be emotionally and mentally available," he told Fairfax Media.
After taking part in a Sydney University trial of a cannabis-based spray called Sativex that controls withdrawal symptoms, he has been off marijuana for five weeks, and is surprised to...
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