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I smoke weed every single day.

That’s what I found out after I started keeping a log of my pot use. After 32 days of noting each time I took a puff, I saw that I had consumed my favorite herb every single day for more than a month. I can’t say I was that surprised, but it was more than I’d thought.

For those of us in legal weed states, it’s ridiculously easy to indulge. There are $5 joints for sale in every neighborhood. But how do you know when you’re overindulging? Weed’s mild nature can make it difficult to spot developing problems. It doesn’t cause hangovers; it’s pretty easy to lead a functional life through a perpetual haze; and, unlike cocaine, alcohol, or coffee, quitting doesn’t usually result in withdrawal symptoms.

Lester Black is a former staff writer for The Stranger, where he wrote about Seattle news, cannabis, and beer. He is sometimes sober.