2006-09-21 16:06:20 · 26 answers · asked by Stephanie L. 2 in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
I don't think marijuana is addictive. I think there are a lot of myths out there about it.
I feel the main problem with marijuana is that most people are simply not satisfied with the level of the high derived from using it. They then move on to stronger drugs. That is where the addiction starts.
2006-09-21 16:33:15 · answer #1 · answered by Judy S 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you have an addictive personality, you can make anything seem addictive. But scientifically it is not physically addictive like many other drugs both legal and illegal. It can even have some positive properties for some illnesses. Tobacco and alcohol are both physically addictive and legal. Hmmmm, who is in charge here? You'd think someone in the Big White House would have fixed that by now????
2006-09-21 18:14:50 · answer #2 · answered by pdidididy 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
NO, it is not PHYSICALLY addictive, though many people form a MENTAL dependency on it, there is no true physical withdrawal if you quit smoking it. Also, contrary to uninformed opinion, marijuana does NOT lead to drugs. I've known numerous people that have smoked - responsibly - for many years without ever considering using drugs. The people that form drug dependencies would tend to do so with or without help from marijuana, in fact I consider prescription drugs more of a hazard in that regard.
2006-09-21 16:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by DangerMom 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything that takes your mind off your troubles is addictive. Going on vacation is addictive. Custard Chocolate eclairs are addictive. And, yes, marijuana is addictive. The real question is, is marijuana bad for your health, and do the effects cause you to become a danger to yourself or others? When compared with alcohol, the answer is: about the same, or maybe less. I advocate the legalization of small quantities for personal use in order to eliminate huge numbers of non-violent criminals, and some sort of regulations for growers to get it out of the hands of foreign countries and criminals.
2006-09-21 16:18:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
In Andrew Weil's book "The Natural Mind" he argues that human beings have an innate need to alter consciousness. It's a drive much like the sex drive. Children spin around in circles which is a form of altering consciousness. My 10 month old hyperventilates which can also alter consciousness. Food, television, sex, and driving a fast car can alter consciousness too. Meditation is the safest way of altering consciousness, drugs are a more dangerous way (obviously).
Any method of altering consciousness can be "addictive" so the better question would be "Is cannabis (marijuana) damaging to one's health if it is used as the primary means of altering one's consciousness." And the majority of studies show that the answer to that is no. Many scientific studies have been misrepresented by the powers that be to keep cannabis illegal (or to avoid saying that they were mistaken).
See - http://www.jackherer.com/chapter15.html for some studies that are still misused to "prove" that cannabis is dangerous to one's health.
2006-09-23 07:02:25 · answer #5 · answered by Betsy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is. It was for me. It happens very subtly and over a period of time but okay, after a few years you dont get "high" anymore, you get stoned and stupid, you get sketchy, your memory starts going, it zaps your energy and alot of people get in a depressed rut and yet they still keep smoking the sutff that gets them there. Hmmm?
I think it is sort of like any habit that forms after years of use. Overeating can be addicitive to. I had to abondon my entire social group when I decided to get pot out of my life. It was hard enough to not go and get a joint on my own, let alone watching people smoke and smell it.
It isnt like meth of course, where you are severely addicted right away. It took me a few years to get addicted. It isnt as bad as smoking. I dont think there is much of a physical addiction but I think almost anything that is a stimulant or at least gives you an altered state can be addicting to someone who likes to leave the "world" as they know it for a bit.
2006-09-21 16:19:11 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it is addictive. There are many healthy vitamins and herbs out there that can correct the causes of pain, depression etc. Marijuana is an escapism that is harmful and irresponsible. If most people that have illness would get off of sugar, white flour, carbinated drinks, alcolhol, black trees and chocolate. They would get rid of most, if not all of the discomforts their body may be having. Junk food is just that, JUNK! Learn to eat real food and leave the junk for the trash man. This way you can stay healthy and feel good, and wake up fresh of a morning and have energy and ambition and get your life going positive with you in control of your body and your life instead of an addition having control of you. Good Luck! Kenona
2006-09-21 16:22:39 · answer #7 · answered by kenona 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It doesn't matter what my opinion is, the scientific truth IS that marijuana is not physically addictive. Now that's not to say that weak minded people won't get mentally strung out. And that's not to say their addicted.
2006-09-21 16:11:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
I tend to agree with the facts. Marijuana is addictive. I don't imagine it matters if you're mentally physically or socially addicted to a drug if you can't stop taking it.
2006-09-21 18:05:40 · answer #9 · answered by W0LF 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
On some level, I suppose. I smoked everyday for five years. Never missed a day. So -- somehow I must've been addicted to something.
No regrets, that's for sure - I loved being high.
But, I'm an olde phart now -- I don't do it anymore ..er .. often ..I mean, well ... you know.
2006-09-21 16:15:48 · answer #10 · answered by wrathofkublakhan 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋