NYC rehab centers overwhelmed as legal weed fueling higher wave of addiction: ‘I forgot who I was’

 NYC rehab centers overwhelmed as legal weed fueling higher wave of addiction: ‘I forgot who I was’

“It’s a gateway drug. Eventually it won’t get you high any more, and you’re going to look for something greater. It tears families apart. I can testify to that,” said Dillet Dancey, a 23-year-old from Brooklyn.

Operators of a city drug-treatment program say they are seeing more patients addicted to marijuana since New York legalized the sale of weed for adult recreational use.
“It’s one of the stupidest th…