- The short answer is yes- I used weed to ignore and sweep my problems under the rug- I would have issues with my health or family, and I would just smoke weed, and the problems would just go away- But it didn't go away. It would come back after the high wore off- Sometimes, the problems in my head didn't go away, but the weed made me just not care- Sooner or later I had to face these issues- It was better for me to quit weed and face these issues now- It was hard to quit weed, and it was harder to face these issues- But I got through it- And I was able to resolve some of the issues that I was ignoring