Cannabis Withdrawal requires at least how many symptoms within one week, and what else must be present?

• A. 2 symptoms within 1 week
• B. 1 symptom with physical symptom
• C. 3 or more symptoms within 1 week, plus at least one physical symptom
• D. 5 symptoms with no physical symptom

Answer: (C)

Cannabis withdrawal is defined by a cluster of symptoms that appear within about one week after stopping or reducing cannabis use, and you must have several of them to meet the diagnosis. The key threshold is three or more symptoms within seven days, and at least one of those symptoms must be physical in nature (for example, abdominal pain, shakiness, sweating, fever, chills, or headache). This combination—three or more total symptoms within a week plus at least one physical symptom—helps ensure the disturbance is clinically significant and not just mood or sleep changes alone. Commonly, the symptoms include mood or sleep changes (irritability, anger, depression, sleep difficulty), along with appetite or weight changes, restlessness, anxiety, or other somatic signs. If someone has fewer than three symptoms, or three or more but none are physical, it would not meet the established criteria.