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Sydalicious started smoking cannabis when she was in her late teens and has smoked it intermittently since then. When she was in her twenties, she started taking speed and ecstasy fairly regularly but she no longer takes either of these. She’s tried various kinds of...

Ted began smoking cannabis daily while studying overseas. After moving to Australia in his early twenties, he began attending parties and taking MDMA, cocaine and GHB regularly. He also took ice and ketamine occasionally. Around this time, he says, his drug consumption became more ‘regular’....

During her teens Renee smoked cannabis daily with her then partner. The relationship ended when she was in her early twenties and it was around this time that she began taking ecstasy and ice about once a month with friends. A few years later she...

Nadia began smoking cannabis daily in her mid-teens. She says this helped her cope with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). She was referred to alcohol and other drug counselling by staff at her high school, and later completed several residential detox programs. In her early twenties,...

A few years before the interview, Max's father died and he found it difficult to cope with the loss. Feeling depressed and anxious, he started smoking cannabis every day. He then sought medical help and was diagnosed with depression and anxiety disorder. ...

Matthew first tried cannabis when he was a teenager and says he’s smoked it ‘for the better part of thirty years’. He suffers from depression, anxiety and possible bipolar disorder, and is currently being treated with antidepressant medication, Valium® (diazepam) and lithium. He’s also been...

Louise started smoking cannabis in her mid-teens when a friend introduced her to it and a few years later, she says her consumption became more ‘regular’. She now smokes it daily, organising her consumption around her work and studies. At the request of her parents,...

Jim began smoking cannabis in his late teens with friends. Over the next few years his consumption increased and after his relationship with his girlfriend ended, he found he ‘wasn’t doing much else other than smoking’, and thought he’d developed a cannabis ‘habit’. ...

Jenna began smoking cannabis regularly in her early twenties, and has continued to do so into her thirties. After about five years of regular cannabis consumption she began to think she might be experiencing an ‘addiction’ to cannabis. Over the years she’s stopped taking it...

Jacob started smoking cannabis in his late teens when he was studying for a tertiary qualification as he found it helped him concentrate on his studies. Since then he’s smoked it on a daily basis and says it is now become a ‘habit’, which he...