{"id":21416,"date":"2018-10-12T13:23:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/portage.hamakmarketingnumerique.com\/?page_id=21416"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:17:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T20:17:07","slug":"part-4","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/special-report-cannabis\/part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Report Cannabis Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t\t\t\t\"banni\u00e8res\n\t

Overcoming addiction is extremely difficult for anyone caught in its trap, whether it’s for cannabis or any other substance. Yet, in most cases, the same pattern can be observed. \u00a0There are many ways to break free from addiction and they all share the same goal: helping people return to a happy, productive life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"The-addiction-cycle-543x768\"\n

\n\t\t\tThe addiction cycle and how to break it\t<\/h3>\n\t

Addiction to something, whether it be to cigarettes, alcohol, other drugs, or to certain behaviours (shopping, gambling, pornography, etc.), is hardly ever experienced as something pleasurable by a person who suffers from addiction, but rather, as a form of enslavement. Consuming substances, or chronically repeating a behaviour, is no longer a choice that can be controlled through willpower. <\/p>\n

As soon as a person has entered into an addiction cycle, they feel incapable of breaking free, without really knowing why.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tread more\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tFrom Pot Smoker to Lamplighter\t<\/h3>\n\t

I was fourteen when I smoked my first joint. I lived in an outlying region and it was our way of having fun among friends on the weekend. During the week, I studied hard, I got good grades, I was into sports and I had a good social life.<\/em><\/p>\n

Five years later, I decided to pack up and head to Montreal. I did all sorts of small jobs, and though I had few opportunities to play sports, I had more and more opportunities to smoke pot. At the time, I thought pot helped me relax and it quickly became a daily routine. And, of course, the people I hung out with with were regular smokers too.<\/em><\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tread more\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\"pot\n\t\t\t\t\"people-3163556_1920\"\n

\n\t\t\tSeven Ways to Start Talking About Drugs With a Teenager\t<\/h3>\n\t

It’s not easy for parents to start a conversation about drugs with their children. But youths become vulnerable targets as soon as they set foot in school, where they quickly meet people who use drugs. That’s why parents must take the time to discuss this matter with their children.<\/p>\n

Sure, drug use is sometimes a taboo and difficult subject, but keep in mind that your child has probably already been in contact with people who use drugs, to varying degrees of severity.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tread more\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

\n\t\t\tspecial report\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"banni\u00e8res\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Part 1<\/a><\/h3>\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"banni\u00e8res\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Part 3<\/a><\/h3>\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"banni\u00e8res\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Part 2<\/a><\/h3>\t\n\t\t\t\t\"banni\u00e8res\n

Part 4<\/h3>\t\n

\n\t\t\tAdolescent and Young Adult Programs (14-21)\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"202208_Portage_0194\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Quebec – Laurentians<\/a><\/h4>

For youth from Western Quebec<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"202208_Portage_0206-photoshop\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

New Brunswick, Cassidy Lake<\/a><\/h4>

For youth from the Atlantic provinces<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\"20220912_Saint_Malachie_0247\"\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n

Quebec – Chaudi\u00e8re-Appalaches<\/a><\/h4>

For francophone youth from Eastern Quebec<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Overcoming addiction is extremely difficult for anyone caught in its trap, whether it’s for cannabis or any other substance. Yet, in most cases, the same pattern can be observed. \u00a0There are many ways to break free from addiction and they all share the same goal: helping people return to a happy, productive life. The addiction… Read more »<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":10157,"parent":21281,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-21416","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21416","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21416"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21416\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46735,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21416\/revisions\/46735"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21281"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/portage.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21416"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}