Weed not being addictive is a myth

[halfassedjediknight]

Anything has the potential to be psychologically addictive. I'm sure some of you here are addicted to the computer, to the interwebs, even to these forums.. I couldn't go on without my guitar, for instance. That doesn't mean I'll get cold and clammy without it.. Yes, like anything else, weed can be psychologically addictive. However, nothing in it (like caffeine or nicotine) is chemically addictive.

hey thc is a chemical. i think it has the potential to be addictive as well.

[zino11]

ive been smokin scince i was 12 im now 19 and the past three years very heavy i had to quit suddenly and ive been clean for a month no problems yeah i want to smoke but i have no addiction some folks have no self control cause i also smoke ciggs and thats an addiction cause i cant quit if my life depended on it

[halfassedjediknight]

ive been smokin scince i was 12 im now 19 and the past three years very heavy i had to quit suddenly and ive been clean for a month no problems yeah i want to smoke but i have no addiction some folks have no self control cause i also smoke ciggs and thats an addiction cause i cant quit if my life depended on it

the chemical makeup that makes you you is different than the chemical makeup that makes me me. addiction affects us all very differently.

with no variables in life, evolution and progression cannot happen. therefore, everything must affect everyone in a particular way.

just because you arent addicted, doesnt mean its not addictive.

[slipknotpsycho]

just had to bring this up =/. it turned into a piss fest last time, and i'm pretty sure it's on it's way there now...

[halfassedjediknight]

just had to bring this up =/. it turned into a piss fest last time, and i'm pretty sure it's on it's way there now...

that happens with everything. if its an opinionated subject, there will be drama.

people cant debate without throwing a fit.

[halfassedjediknight]

i havnt read the whole topic
as its 10 pages long

BUT
wikipedia it
or look here

i know that wikipedia is widely accepted as a very reliable source of info
and also think that all the references to information on this site are viable

so if you read that
find the bit that tells you bud isnt addictive
and that its all in your head

and then look up the refrences
you will find
it isnt addictive
and if you think it is
your stupid
and unwise

:thumbsup:

why do you give people a lame resource (wikipedia) and then call them stupid for drawing their own conclusions? thats very ignorant and biased.

ps you say its all in your head, when addiction is actually all in your head. mental addiction, that is. and lots of mental ailments can actually manifest into something physical. If you want weed and cant stop thinking about it, and you end up not sleeping, eating, being depressed or 'moody', that is a physical form of withdrawal. you cant tell me sleeping and eating are not physical.

[slipknotpsycho]

no those aren't physical....

physical withdrawl includes (but not limited to) shakes/tremors, naseau/vomiting, headache/body pains, diahreah/constipation (although you'd see that with certain rx meds) coldsweats etc....

depression/moodiness is an emotion, it's in your head, eating disorders are already known to be a mental thing, true you're physically not eating, but it's still your mind in control... sleeping, well that can go both ways, although i'd consider it mental and i'll tell you why in a sec...

the only way you could really construe cannabis to be physically addictive is because it increases your melatonin levels by thousands... but it's not replacing the chemical (like other drugs do that are physically addicting) it's just simply giving your system more then it's used to...

the reason i believe sleepign is classified as mental is because you can take melatonin supplements when you don't have bud, and you're normal again... melatonin is in no way a narcotic, so it's not making you drowsy, it's just replacing the ammount you were used to before you ran out of weed allowing your brain to work normally again.

[halfassedjediknight]

no those aren't physical....

physical withdrawl includes (but not limited to) shakes/tremors, naseau/vomiting, headache/body pains, diahreah/constipation (although you'd see that with certain rx meds) coldsweats etc....

depression/moodiness is an emotion, it's in your head, eating disorders are already known to be a mental thing, true you're physically not eating, but it's still your mind in control... sleeping, well that can go both ways, although i'd consider it mental and i'll tell you why in a sec...

the only way you could really construe cannabis to be physically addictive is because it increases your melatonin levels by thousands... but it's not replacing the chemical (like other drugs do that are physically addicting) it's just simply giving your system more then it's used to...

the reason i believe sleepign is classified as mental is because you can take melatonin supplements when you don't have bud, and you're normal again... melatonin is in no way a narcotic, so it's not making you drowsy, it's just replacing the ammount you were used to before you ran out of weed allowing your brain to work normally again.

yes but a drastic uprising of neurochemicals and then a drastic drop and no reuptake of those neurotransmitters can, if not will employ withdrawal symptoms. eating disorders are construed as mental because usually the person suffering from the disorder does not see themselves as they truely are, and are mentally bound to the fact that if they dont eat they will bloom into the true beauty they think they can find but never will. thats totally mental.

but loss of appetite is not mental. i dont think you can mentally control appetite. thats why in africa and other third world countries, they smoke a lot of potent tobacco. because this is an appetite suppresant. you cant turn on and off your appetite with your mind, its just not possible. otherwise hunger wouldnt be painful. we could choose to be not hungry, if it were mental.

and i still think sleeping is physical. exhaustion is a physical condition, not mental. just like appetite, you cant turn your state of exhaustion on and off, otherwise we would never sleep. sure you can induce a state of drowsiness with chemicals, but this doesnt substitute exhaustion and the progression of your sleep.

[smokinbomb]

damn 11 pages i think it's time to agree to disagree on the subject

-Bomb

[halfassedjediknight]

damn 11 pages i think it's time to agree to disagree on the subject

-Bomb

no the debate must go on, otherwise progress will cease to exist!

seriously. forget to agree to disagree. this will come up in the future, it might as well be a sticky