attention all weed addicts!!!

aaah the things us weed addicts can accomplish even with our downfalls
and i agree, having a little puffy puff does enhance my outside world as well.

 

no this is not sarcasm. I smoked for a few years and stopped when I wanted my health.

if i dont smoke ganja then I wont sleep when I go to bed. (generally end up drinkin booze or takin pills or something crap)

I think nicotine addicts are wimps. you dont even get high from your drug! whats the point!

 

I smoked weed for about 22 years, then I quit for job reasons, I know talk about a sell out. But it was as easy to stop weed as it would be stopping candy. I think coffee would be harder to stop than weed. So how can anyone actually say it's addictive? I think you may just be one of those anti-weed nazi's. You should find a better hobby. Peace

 

yer coffee is a hard one.. very physiological

 

If you get so many different opinions about weed addiction maybe it's a possibility it differs per person how hard it is too quit? Some people have a problem quitting cigs or coffee, others with weed. It's just a fact!
You seem to think because you can quit easy it must be not addictive, but it's a fact it messes with other peoples life.
Instead of looking at it strictly through your own eyes and feel almost threatened by the OP of being accused of being a weed addict try to keep in mind that because you don't have a problem with daily smoking other people may have. Also you shouldn't focus so much on the word 'drug' or 'addiction' but more of what those words contains in the broadest sense. That a coke, meth or cig addiction is worse doesn't matter at all in this case.

 

this guy right here never read a post i didnt agree with. you need to meet my parents to get them to chill out haha.:cheers2:

 

Ah well, on the other hand I can imagine it's hard to see how it can be addictive for a person if you never saw someone wasting there life in the so called 'marihuana cocoon'. But yeah, not all you haven't seen is nonsense.
This cliché thought of people wasting their days away in a weed haze losing touch with other people and their daily problems might not be as unavoidable as some parents and other squares think, but it definately isn't out there only because the government want you to think pot is bad and dangerous. It actually happens, although not as often as most anti-weed people think. I also understand some people see that situation as not wasting their days, but as the perfect life . But there are people of whom you could say they just got stuck in that 'cocoon' of lazyness and get less and less social. So then it's not the perfect life anymore
I think just because it doesn't happen often, it's still unwise and very easy to make a laugh of it and think it's nonsense.

 

Did anyone ever think those who smoke weed and are lazy and withdrawn would be just as lazy and withdrawn without the weed? The argument that it has that effect would be just as silly as me saying most members of gangs listen to rap music that rap music causes some people to join gangs and if they would just stop listening to it they could get out of their gang. It is this same type of thinking that gets people yelling gun control when someone shoots another person. It's not the guns fault and it's not the weeds fault.

 

It's not really about if it's the weed fault or not, it's about the fact that it can be addicting. An addiction can always be blamed on the addict, which in my opinion doesn't really matter, it's more about if it's causing a problem or not.

 

I'm sorry but I must totally disagree with you, I would never blame a REAL addiction on the addict even though they may have initiated it, because the thing they are addicted to is....ADDICTIVE. People make claim to be addicted to all sorts of things which are not addictive, video games, sunflower seeds, bubble gum etc. etc. So, I would have to say that it is not the weed that is causing the alleged problem.

 

If you think weed is not addictive only because it is not physical addictive we're already talking about different things, sorry. I see addiction broader than just physical, so yes, people can even be addicted to videogames and they're just as guilty to that as when they'd use heroin. Not saying it is the same kind of addiction, but it is the same in the sense that they are the ones choosing to get into it. But like I said, to me it's not about if it's the fault of the drug or the person, it's about if it's causing a problem or not.

 

I would have to say no it is not causing a problem, because in order for it to cause a problem it would have to be the cause of (assigning fault) the problem. And I do agree we have much different thoughts as to the scope covered by addiction, mine being quite narrow, and yours being quite broad. I still do not see weed as addictive or the cause of being lazy and withdrawn, I come to my conclusions based on first hand knowledge not on what I've read in a book. Ask some of the older hippies who have lived it. Peace

 

I never red books about marihuana. I base my views on first hand knowledge as well
I agree though that being lazy and social inactiveness are not solely caused by the weed itself, but it can fortify it in some persons for sure. So in a case like that marijuana is part of the problem.

 

I guess my problem with the argument that weed is addictive is that only a small minority of smokers make that claim, and for anyone to state that just because some people get addicted (I use this in its broadest sense) would make as much sense as me stating that peanuts are deadly because it kills some of the people who eat them. ie; allergic

 

Yeah, I can see that and I also agree since of all the regular smokers it really is a small minority. It just are the people who claim it to be nonsense and even laugh at the person who dares to say weed has an addictive effect on some people (which I know can result in big consequenses for some!) that made me post more in this thread then I originally intended.. because I love this plant as well and dislike it being illegal for invalid reasons in most of the world just as most people here.
I mean it's not an insult if someone might try to point out maybe you're one of these 'addicted' persons, it was ment as a helpful warning. I thought it was rather depressing to see how many people reacted like he was talking out of his ass or accusing them personally of being weed addicts (which he didn't). It's ok to defend this precious plant, but it's only useful to keep in mind it can have it bad sides. Especially when you're a daily user.

 

Being a daily user, I have never denied my addiction. I've seen shrinks, they want me to switch to anti-depressants "for the rest of my life"! I don't like them and if marijuana is doing the same thing for me without the fuzzy, looking through cotton feeling that anti-depressants give me, then so be it. One shrink told me to go to an herb store, they are all natural and have been used for centuries. (I might of written this before, maybe in this very thread) Anybody else get how funny that is?

 

LOL, that is hilarious. It's also sad how broadly the stigma and ignorance about illegal drugs reaches. Even our medical healers. Where to begin?

 

just like to alert all the new people :

weed addiction is purely psychological, yes, but it isn't a black and white issue between psychological or physical; there are varying degrees of addiction potential displayed in both categories. weed has a relatively high psychological addiction potential as it stimulates reward pathways in the brain and gives a high.

try reading the topic before quoting something from my first post and responding, i've addressed what new people have said multiple times in topic already. it's pretty easy to understand, i don't see why i had to and keep having to clarify the meaning and legitimacy of what i've said.

 

I too would like to alert the people.

I am going to do as "dave255" does, I will state my opinion as a matter of fact. Therefore I state as follows:

WEED IS NOT ADDICTIVE

See, it's right there in type, then it must be true. Don't rely upon your first hand knowledge or the knowledge of those who came before you... Just trust in what you read here. Oh, and p.s. everyone should send me their paycheck this week. Thank you and Peace

 

That's right. Weed is a gift of God to mankind, since it's all natural it can't be bad right. It's THE way to reach enlightenment. It has been used for ages, so what's the problem?
Oh yes, and your government only want it to be illegal because they don't want you to reach a higher state of awareness! You will also be better at maths and if you never been creative you will finally be after you smoke this shit. So smoke as much as you can while you can get it, it will make your life pure bliss and there are no negative side-effects what so ever!