Craving cannabis: is marijuana addictive?(theguardian.com)
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Craving cannabis: is marijuana addictive?
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/apr/28/marijuana-addictive
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Sure it's addictive, like most habits that provide a dopamine hit. More people struggle with disconnecting from social media addiction, the desire to keep finding an interesting image or comment is way worse of addiction. Also sugar and simple carbs, try and give that up for 2 weeks and notice the strong withdrawal symptoms.
I have long said that sugar is much more addictive that cannabis. Do you think that's true?
Having kicked both, sugar is definitely a physical withdrawal and weed more of a psychological withdrawal. Hard for me to say which was worse though.
I smoked cannabis for about an year, every night just before dinner. One fine day, I had exhausted my product and didn't smoke. I woke up next day just fine. Didn't have any noticeable withdrawal symptoms worth mentioning. That's one anecdote from me. May be my body is designed not to be physiologically addictive.
I was living in a country where marijuiana is illegal and kind of smuggled in an year's supply.
I was living in a country where marijuiana is illegal and kind of smuggled in an year's supply.
There is an appeal to authority with the public health official.
And the idea the for profit marijuana industry might push towards addiction seems like a very plausible premise although the article states there hasn’t been much of an increase in younger smokers.
It’s important we consider the risks that marijuana use presents for adolescents and heavy users.
It did mention withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety and the reduction of earnings over time. It’s possible these were based on studies, seems like the latter must be.