Medical Marijuana

[labmonkey]

i understand some people can get addicted to things, but i don't think you can get addicted to weed. Then again, i don't feel sorry for people that get addicted to anything, they should have better self control.

any substance that changes your state of mind can be addictive. and I'm not trying to sound like an ass about it, but your whole post shows very typical misunderstanding of addiction in general.

[Roham]

any substance that changes your state of mind can be addictive. and I'm not trying to sound like an ass about it, but your whole post shows very typical misunderstanding of addiction in general.

Actually, anything can be addictive. Including chocolate. And that doesn't change your state of mind. I agree with his post because it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form if I go without smoking pot for any amount of time. Now, with cigarettes people say they feel physical withdrawal when not smoking. I quit cold turkey and haven't smoked a cig since, and I personally don't think it was even really physically addictive. It's all mind over matter

[QuietC]

i say friends are gateways to other drugs, haha that and boredom. When i think of addictive things, i'm thinking of things that make you sick when you don't have it and have to have it in order to feel normal. So to me that counts out weed. But as Ggeise said, most can't control their addictions, so it's those people ruining it for the rest of us, damnit.

[cigarsarge]

I too believe marijuana is a gateway drug. I personally know of a young man who started smoking it when he was fifteen. He ran the gambit pot, meth, perscription drugs. He ended up adicted to oxycotin and hydrocodone. He also introduced his yonger brother to marijuana and other drugs. He became addicted to hydrocodone.

The older brother died three years ago due to an oxycotin overdose. He also had marijuana in his system. The younger brother is now a recovering addict.

These young men are my sons. I'm not telling this to get your sympathy. I'm just telling this to say be careful. People that sell you drugs don't give a crap about you. All they want is your dollar. When you are down and out with no money they move to someone else to make their living.

[ggiese]

Actually, anything can be addictive. Including chocolate. And that doesn't change your state of mind. I agree with his post because it doesn't affect me in any way shape or form if I go without smoking pot for any amount of time. Now, with cigarettes people say they feel physical withdrawal when not smoking. I quit cold turkey and haven't smoked a cig since, and I personally don't think it was even really physically addictive. It's all mind over matter

Cigarettes ARE physically addictive. I quite cold turkey and lived through a living hell!!! I couldn't believe how powerful the addiction was until I quit (after I smoked for over 10 years)... That ABSOLUTELY SUCKED!!!