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Yeah it is..and it changes your attitude also over time...but still I think its WAY FUCKING better than turning into an alcoholic or tweaker if you are a functioning attic like most people are.
Yes, physcologically.
[QUOTE= gumption[/QUOTE]
Funny word. :D
Is everybody missing the thread which tell us of how "smoking pot can multiply brain-cells"?
pot leads to creativity,behold my masterpiece...
I think pot is more mentally addictive than physically addictive......I would write more on this subject but Im pretty stoned right now..............maybe later
:rolleyes:
a mans will, is much stronger than any drug on this earth.
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Originally Posted by robert42
very good point...
Pot IS addictive. Pot was never considered addictive for a long time because of the lack of major withdrawal symptoms as opposed to alcohol. cocaine, heroin etc.
Alot of that data was based on research done in the sixties and the weed was lower grade.
The fact is everyone on this board has "needed weed". That is an addiction. Maybe not a BAD one relatively speaking, but one nonetheless.
You can get psychological addicted to anything and anytime your body gets used to having a particular chemical put in it regularly over time, you can get physically addicted as well.
I stopped smoking recently for four months after smoking about an 1/8 a day for a few years and I definitely had weed-drawal which definitely sucked. Trouble sleeping, irritability etc.
But as substances go, if you are addicted to weed which is what "stoners" are, look at it this way..it's way better than being addicted to practically every other substance that you can get addicted to and if you REALLY had to stop you could with withdrawal symptoms that can be dealt with alot more easily than others.
There's a difference between a lifestyle and an addiction. If someone's gonna choose to live their life smoking pot, then they can easily choose to live their life not smoking pot. New studies have been done where Mice and Rats won't self-administer THC. So we must be getting addicted to the smoking process, not Marijuana, itself.
motahead, i couldnt of put it better myself buddy! like i said, if i REALLY wanted to give up, i could, but if i dont need to give up, i'll keep toking. ive already learnt to keep it in moderation, but quiting is a whole different ball park. thats addiction, and i know im not the only one on this website with that mindset.
yea dude,weed is the easiest "drug" to give up.i gave it up for a whole year before and didnt get any withdrawl symptons,i was fine.
exactly beachguy, its unlikely that the marijuana is addictive itself, its everything else that goes with it that gets addictive. also, this is my 200th post!
But again.. it all depends on how long you have been smoking and how much you smoked and how frequently.
I'm talking about smoking weed for 15 years, at least an 1/8 a day every damn day.
If you suddenly stop like I had to. You will definitely go through withdrawal. Not immediately. But as the THC levels go down in you body you will start to feel some withdrawal.
That's just what happened to me.
I also agree that the lifestyle is part of it and each individual is different as well. There are people who are more prone to addiction than others with different things.
But like I said, it could be worse. Being a stoner is better than being a crackhead.
Personally I'm addicted to alot of things. Caffeine, nicotine, THC, porn...I like to spread my vices around. :D
Been smoking for approximatly 9 years. Started at around 8 and a half years old, didn't smoke much maybe 5 times a month. At 10 years old I smoked even less around 2-3 times a month. 11 years old and I had alot of access to it smoking around 3 times a week, skipping school occassionally to help my mate rip plants off. 12 years old same as age 11 except smoking more. at 13 cut down alot smoked maybe once a month. at 14 started skipping school to help my mate get plants again smoked more maybe 4 times a week.
at 15 cut out weed altogether untill at the end of the year. (which was good because I had a drugtest come up)
at 16 smoking everyday around 4 sessions each day (mainly skunk)
at 17 tolerance went way up all I notice when I get wasted is my eyes feel a lil different.. In an attempt to get higher by smoking more the only change is that I feel more relaxed. At 17 I smoke twice as much as when I was 16.
Have had to quit weed on 3 occasions.
When I was 15 had a drugtest. -No withdrawls that I noticed.
When I was 16 went to australia for 2 weeks. - 1 withdrawl insonmnia (lasted 1 week then it was gone)
And now 17 I have to quit because of the possibility of getting raided.. -Havn't quit altogether but cut down alot (1 session a day instead of 8)
Edit*: IMO it is all to do with willpower.
its addictive in the same respect that eating ice cream after ever dinner is. anything can become addictive, not in the chemical dependency sense, but a habit can be made out of anything. but in a chemical dependence sense, no pot is not addicitve
You dont need weed.
Weed needs you.
I can quit anytime I want, I just don't want to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Seag420
My life sucks most of the time and weeds keeps me from being so angry.
i feel that.Quote:
I can quit anytime I want, I just don't want to.
My life sucks most of the time and weeds keeps me from being so angry.
yeah ur psychology must be "clean" if u wanna smoke it up
i smoke this shit since 30 years and i am NOT addcit!...lol
To a simple mind, like a mouse, THC is not addictive.
thc is not addictive? why u smoke it up all the time then? :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs
tobacco,tea,nescafe(cafeine),yes, thc,.... all of them are addictive
According to the congressional Office of Technology Assessment, research over the last 10 years has proved that marijuana has no effect on dopamine-related brain systems - unless you are an inbred Lewis rat, in which case abstention is recommended.
As Hollister independently concluded, "Brain damage has not been proved." The reason, obviously, is that the brain was prepared in some respects to process THC.
To be precise, according to the Office of Technological Assessment (OTA): "The capacity to produce reinforcing effects is essential to any drug with significant abuse potential." Marijuana should no longer be considered a serious drug abuse because, as summarized by the OTA: "Animals will not self-administer THC in controlled studies . . . . Cannabinoids generally do not lower the threshold needed to get animals to self-stimulate the brain regard system, as do other drugs of abuse."
courtesy of:
http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/BRAIN.HTM
the same way ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by esrabalamir
It is addictive, and anyone who says it's not is a fucking retard. That's the only real answer. C'mon of course it is addictive, why would you keep on coming back to it baby????
i dont appreciate the fucking retard remark.
It has long been recognized that some individuals' use of marijuana is characterized by dependence, and that the dependence liability of marijuana is more comparable to alcohol and tobacco than heroin and cocaine. (Hollister, 1986) Compulsive self-administration in animal models is a primary attribute of drugs with a serious potential for abuse. (Cicero, 1992) Animals will not self-administer cannabinoids. (Abood and Martin, 1992; Herkenham, 1992; Mansbach, 1994) A severe dependence liability is also characterized as harmful self-administration, excluding such behavior as heavy caffeine consumption, and subject to influences of set and setting as well as the pharmacological properties of a drug. (Zinberg, 1984; Cicero, 1992)
Advances in neurobiology are redefining the scientific basis for addiction. While courts have ruled that DEA can rely on research studies, or the lack thereof, in its decision-making about the scheduling of marijuana, they have not ruled on the actual issues which determine the proper legal scheduling of marijuana. The discovery of cannabinoid receptor sites, and their relevance to the understanding of the pharmacology of THC in the brain, provides the basis for a new challenge to the legitimacy of marijuana's Schedule I status, a pivotal event in marijuana's eventual legalization.
Marijuana And the Brain
by John Gettman
High Times, March, 1995
[QUOTE=jkg114]is a fucking retard. QUOTE]
Whats addicitive is the tabaco u put into the joint, 3-4 joints a day, ull find urself dependent on fags without even realising, U think its the cannabis but its not
I have never, in my life, mixed tobacco with herb.
http://boards.cannabis.com/showthrea...131#post402131
A MUST READ. ESPECIALLY, IF YOU WANT TO BELIEVE THAT YOU'RE ADDICTED TO MARIJUANABIS.
hahaha, he said rice and mats,, when he should've said mice and rats, lalalala
wow im surprised nobody said it like this yet :)
what i have ever heard (and can actually show in my Psychology book) is that weed is Psychologically addicting, but not at all physically addicting. It is sad, even the author of my textbook said "Compared to alcohol and Tobacco, Marijuana isn't that bad" hahaha gotta love it!
That's, actually, the second time I've done it, and you finally caught it. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by hipEstoner
hipE*'s the man - :cool:
that is exactly what I said in my postQuote:
Originally Posted by Omni05
:rolleyes:
Lol^^ Yea, it's only psychologicaly addictive. I must say though that when i have some bangin weed i do find it hard not to smoke ha. :D
I dont really miss the buzz that much, i just hate how I dont enjoy my food as much when I'm sober or get to sleep as quickly