no...I have only been smoking for like half a year and im 18...i have gone through a lot of situations...emotional, physical, and social situations without weed. Im not dependent on it because I dont NEED to have it. If I buy some, then i'll smoke it...why not, if i have some whats wrong with smoking it as much as i want? Some of you think weed causes something negative....nick you're dope man.....by the way...would it be the same thing if i started smoking cigarettes?....by the way...my mom smokes weed...she knows that I know because she asked me for some....and she also smokes cigarettes....so i dont get it.