Weed not being addictive is a myth

[xxxhazexxx]

hello everyone as i said this morning ive been smoking 4 26 years now growing since 93 i can only go by me and my mates but weed is NOT add...... u will have more trouble coming off the cigs thats why we cant sleep no nicotine.

[suhl]

weed isnt a addictive physically. obviously you felt like telling other people to do the research without doing it yourself. so go ahead, no independent research will tell you it is addictive. id find it myself, but hey , you know how to use google. not much more needs to be said on the subject.

When I have it I can't stop. When I don't have it it's no big deal. The same thing is true of chocolate chip cookies.

that is honestly the perfect way to sum up the addictiveness of weed, i have the same thing.

[TresLeches]

Like so many things, such as bad reality shows, I agree that marijuana is addictive on some level. Chemically...probably not. We would know about this and more violent crime would be linked to marijuana. However, I don't think any of us should underestimate the power of a psychological addiction. The mind and body exist as one. If any one part suffers, the other suffers as well. Likewise, if any one part is healthy, it is more likely that the other part is also healthy.

That being said, marijuana has both helped and hindered me. I liken it to coffee. Having a cup in the morning boosts my motivation and my productivity increases. Drinking it all day throughout the day steals my sleep and give me a stomach ache. Marijuana relieves stress and I can honestly say that I have a good time smoking it (especially with friends). If I smoke it ALL the time, it's not as fun. But hey, if you smoke all the time, I'm not judging you. I just think balance is important.

[delusionsofNORMALity]

wow, 5 pages arguing over semantics.

[Fengzi]

When quitting smoking after I've been smoking daily I have insomnia, loss of appetite, and irritability for a couple of days. The insomnia often lasts much longer.

Weed is not physically addictive. For regular, daily users, it can be psychologially addictive but then so can everything else in the world. It has more to do with a change in your daily routine than anything else. The symtoms of "insomnia, loss of appetite, and irritability " would also probably happen to a lot of people with the loss of a job, having a girlfriend or wife suddenly leave them, etc. It's also pretty common for people who move to a different country and experience culture shock. It's not your body, it's your mind that thinks it should be there so your body reacts. Plain and simple.

I had been a regular(1-2 times a day minimum) smoker for about ten years when I took a trip to Thailand. In the past, when I tried to stop or didn't have any I'd get the "insomnia, loss of appetite, and irritability " too. When I went to Thailand, however, I didn't bring any weed and didn't experience any of the symtoms. Why? My guess is that it was because the whole experience was so different from my normal daily routine, that I didn't even think about weed. Sure, there were a few times when I'd think "it would be great if I had a joint now" but it wasn't the "damn, I gotta score a bag" feeling I'd had before.

With a physically addictive substance, like heroin, tobacco, alcohol, etc, it is your body that is telling you that you need it, not your mind. If I was a heroin addict and took a trip to Thailand I'd have either found some there or spent a horribly miserable vacation suffering terribly in my hotel room. Same with cigarettes. It wouldn't matter if my mind was distracted, my body would need the drug.

Just remember, anything can be psychologically addictive. Weed, the company of another person, sex, watching Letterman every night, or a weekly trip to Subway. Once something becomes a signifigant part of your normal routine, and disruption to that routine can cause "withdrawl". Some people are just more susceptible than others. But that doesn't mean weed is any more harmful than pussy. And, I'm sure over the course of history far more people have been killed for pussy than for weed.

[delusionsofNORMALity]

make that 5 pages and counting.
i have the feeling that when i get home from work today you folks are still going to be hashing this out

[harris7]

It's been proven scientifically ...
.

You know you cant just say that. It isnâ??t the magical key to having a strong argument.
If you want to use science, you must play by sciences rules.
Cite a source

[harris7]

It's been proven scientifically ...
.

You know you cant just say that. It isnâ??t the magical key to having a strong argument.
If you want to use science, you must play by sciences rules.
Cite a source


edit--oops. didn'te realize there were 6 pages

[le vallette]

I have been smoking for 23 years .I have stoppep many times yes sometimes
but then I do not smoke all day, maybe a couple a night .
compared to othe drugs like coffee & tabacco, well its a breeze .

[MastaChronic]

After reading a lot of posts on this forum, I've noticed that a lot of you seem to have the false idea in your head that weed isn't addictive. I don't know if you've been lied to or are just kidding yourselves. It's been proven scientifically and by my own experience that it's both physically and psychologically addictive.

When quitting smoking after I've been smoking daily I have insomnia, loss of appetite, and irritability for a couple of days. The insomnia often lasts much longer.

Of course this is nothing when compared with withdrawals from other substances, but this doesn't mean that weed isn't addictive.

If you would like me to find the research I can, but you all should know how to use google.

you sir....offend me.
weed has been PROVEN to be only mildly psychologically addictive, that is, less than 9% of the people who smoke weed EVER become addicted to it.
sleep is contolled by the mind, appetite is contoled by the mind and irritability....in the fucking mind.
theres nothing physical about it.
i suggest you study harder, dumbass