Sharon Stone's terrifying weed withdrawal sparks warning about today's potent marijuana

Hollywood icon Sharon Stone precocious opened up astir a wellness scare aft quitting marijuana, revealing her symptoms were truthful aggravated that she turned to a neurologist.

During an interrogation with Variety, the histrion said her determination to discontinue was driven by a tendency for a drug-free life.

"And due to the fact that I deliberation they enactment truthful overmuch worldly successful it present — they truly bash — erstwhile I stopped smoking pot, I besides got sick," she said.

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"I got beauteous sick for a month. I went to my neurologist, and helium said, ‘Sharon, I’ve had radical dying successful the exigency country from marijuana.'"

Stone attributed her ordeal to the potency of modern weed, saying, "It’s not similar you’re pulling it retired of the crushed anymore ... It’s not similar erstwhile we were kids."

American histrion Sharon Stone discontinue "smoking pot" and got truthful sick that she consulted a neurologist, she revealed successful a caller interview. (Getty Images, iStock)

Experts enactment that cannabis withdrawal itself is mostly not considered life-threatening, though terrible symptoms, underlying aesculapian conditions oregon interactions with different substances tin complicate recovery.

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Dr. Chris Tuell, objective manager of addiction services astatine the Lindner Center successful Cincinnati, confirmed that today's cannabis products are vastly antithetic from the strains of decades past.

THC levels successful marijuana person surged from astir 3% to 5% successful the 1980s to arsenic precocious arsenic 30% successful today's cannabis products, portion concentrates tin transcend 90% THC, helium told Fox News Digital.

"I bash judge cannabis is addicting, particularly with the precocious levels of THC."

Higher THC concentrations person been linked to greater risks of dependence, cannabis usage upset (CUD), psychosis successful immoderate users, and much terrible withdrawal symptoms, according to the National Institute connected Drug Abuse.

As today's cannabis products go progressively potent, experts accidental determination are respective risks and informing signs that regular users should cognize earlier deciding whether to proceed — oregon discontinue — utilizing marijuana.

No. 1: High-potency THC changes the brain's reward system

According to Cleveland Clinic, CUD occurs erstwhile marijuana takes implicit the brain's reward pathways, amplifying compulsive behavior.

"I bash judge cannabis is addicting, particularly with the precocious levels of THC," Tuell told Fox News Digital.

No. 2: Addiction isn't ever obvious

The American Psychiatric Association’s DSM-5 (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition) outlines the pursuing diagnostic criteria signaling that casual usage whitethorn person crossed into dependency.

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• Taking larger amounts implicit longer periods than intended
• Experiencing unsuccessful attempts to chopped down oregon power usage
• Failing to fulfill work, schoolhouse oregon location responsibilities
• Continuing usage contempt wide narration problems

Today’s cannabis angiosperm and concentrates incorporate up to 90% THC, making modern products exponentially stronger than those from decades past, experts say. (iStock)

No. 3: Withdrawal tin beryllium intense

Quitting heavy, semipermanent cannabis usage tin trigger withdrawal symptoms wrong 24 to 48 hours, Cleveland Clinic notes.

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Users often acquisition terrible insomnia, aggravated irritability, anxiety, appetite loss, sweating, headaches and tummy upset. While acute carnal symptoms typically resoluteness wrong a month, temper swings and slumber issues tin linger overmuch longer, according to Tuell.

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4. Medical guidance whitethorn beryllium needed

While cannabis withdrawal unsocial seldom requires hospitalization, Cleveland Clinic notes that radical with important aesculapian oregon intelligence wellness conditions — oregon those stopping cannabis portion besides withdrawing from alcohol, opioids oregon definite different medications — whitethorn payment from aesculapian supervision.

Addiction experts powerfully counsel stepping down THC intake dilatory to cushion the interaction connected the tense strategy and debar terrible rebound symptoms. (iStock)

No. 5: Underlying issues whitethorn substance dependence

Mental wellness conditions often hap alongside cannabis usage disorder, and treating those underlying issues whitethorn assistance trim problematic marijuana use, according to the National Institute connected Drug Abuse and the Cleveland Clinic.

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"I powerfully judge that CUD and intelligence wellness issues co-exist, and that intelligence wellness counseling tin code the issues driving the addictive behaviors," Tuell said.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Stone's representatives requesting comment.