I don’t think it’s an addictive substance in itself; any addiction would be pschyological. Sugar is addictive in the same way. Or gambling; or sex.

I think it’s important to find out who’s paying for research into any subject, because it is rarely unbiased.

I remember having poor sleep when I stopped smoking for a while but at the time I was smoking throughout the entire day. At night that was my routine was to get very high and go to sleep. Know that I'm older and I only smoke on my free time out weekends it's nothing like that at all. The amount you smoke has everything to do with that. It does start in your mind tho. There are a few people to experience withdrawals from it but they smoke a tremendous amount

Marijuana is not chemically or physically addictive. This has been proven. It is habit-forming, and like any habit, can be difficult to break. This is just more anti-pot propaganda to try and prove it's dangerous and that we shouldn't legalize it. It's a total load of crap.

In excess anything can become an addiction. If you're smoking enough pot to cause withdrawl then you have been smoking too much

Went throught the same thing when i quit coffee.

I have been a regular smoker. I also have abstained for long periods. I have not had issues either way.

It's a drug and like others, moderation of use is the key. Hydro is downright dangerous - knock you sideways - ppl don't realize that and use as usual which it is not. The best weed is the bit you can grow at home - a nice, friendly domestic strain. A last warning - ppl who use alcohol and weed, then drive? - judgment and reflex are severely impaired, That user becomes dangerous and his vehicle? a weapon - kill yourself if you like but spare the innocent users of the road..

You mean like caffeine widthdrawl

No different to sugar withdrawal then.

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There been that done. They say psychologically not physically. The mind craves but the body doesn't. Afaik it's similar to quitting a heavy coffee drinking routine.

I do wonder if modern, very strong strains might be psychologically addictive. I stopped smoking cannabis around 15 years ago (not out of concern; I just got bored after being stoned for most of the time since I was 14) when relatively mild forms of weed and (my preferred choice) resin were the norm, and I had no difficulty in doing so at all - giving up tobacco (which I fully believe is a far, far more harmful drug) was harder by orders of magnitude. However, I have seen friends who continued to use cannabis as the stronger strains such as skunk came in and gradually became the most common types experience difficulty when they tried to give up - not due to physical addiction but, as others have already stated, a psychological addiction to getting stoned.

I am not a fan of the very strong strains, and the fact that it was becoming difficult to get the weaker traditional strains probably contributed to my decision to give it up. I view it as being similar to the difference between having a couple of glasses of wine and drinking ten cans of super-strength lager: the first loosens the tongue and you have a good time, the second just turns you into a zombie - the stuff I used to smoke made us talk bollocks, laugh, form bands and draw stupid pictures, the newer stuff like skunk blots out the world. This, I feel, is especially bad for young people - while the cannabis probably isn't doing any major harm, sitting indoors smashed out of their heads to the point of being unable to interact with other young people probably isn't going to help their emotional development.

Ask yourself this question: if you applied this same logic to any other drugs that your doctor had prescribed to you, would you say it was 'withdrawal syndrome' or that it was you body's reaction to not having a medicine that your body needs?

Hmm nope those were all just normal qualities of my life before I started smoking lol. Seems fairly normal to go back to that state without it. If you took away all the negative preexisting conditions that reappear when my stash is dry, the only notable side effect of quitting for me is a certain amount of boredom. At any rate its as psychologically addictive as literally anything that causes pleasure can be. It's not physically addictive like heroin and meth.

I've experienced this sort of withdrawal as an observer of my own child. It isn't harmless. It is probably driven by the stronger weed of the day and isn't the same stuff that my generation grew up with. It is enraging me that so many people think that it is OK to experiment with the effects of widespread overuse on this generation. It's not that bad. OK but what the heck do we really know about the effects it will happen in the long term? And is that really a justified excuse when we are getting a whole generation filled with stoners that are already having a difficult time getting employment and failing to thrive in places like Washington state or Colorado?

It’s so funny that we take issue with marijuana when Sugar is far more addicting and damaging to us then marijuana has ever been. Sugar forces the body to stop depending on it’s own natural energy source fat burning to mostly burning glucose. Soon our bodies become altered and we need more and more glucose for it fuel. And, everyone know that glucose is responsible for ever decease in the book. But hey, don’t take my word for it do your homework.

For some perhaps. But as a schedule A, absolutely not. Alcohol withdrawal can result in death. Not cannabis. Opioid withdrawal is very difficult resulting in severe pain, nausea, cravings. Not cannabis. Cigarette or nicotine withdrawal is usually unsuccessful. Not cannabis. Of course someone will be an exception.

Huh. I have never experienced a withdrawal. In fact, it's one of the things that adds to the appeal of marijuana. It's mild relative to other substances and nothing happens if you stop doing it. Thanks for the link. Interesting stuff we're learning about it in the final days (years) of prohibition.

Nope. I've been taking cannabis oil off and on for almost a year to treat cancer, whenever I can get some.

All it's been doing is making me better..even cured some severe food allergies and diabetes symptoms. The AMA keeps trying to criminalize it so they can sell their toxic synthetic drugs and kill people with chemo and radiation.

Landmark Study Shows Half of Cancer Patients are Killed by Chemo — NOT Cancer [thefreethoughtproject.com]

BBC News - Growing evidence that cannabis oil can cure serious diseases like cancer [bbc.com]

Anything can become a habit, including getting herbally stoned. whether the habituation is psychological or physical, the outcome is the same; varying degrees of discomfort. At least with weed, the prospect of sound recovery is greater than with other dependencies.

I'm thoroughly familiar with this withdrawal syndrome. For me, it's not so bad. I have a tendency to smoke too much after I've been smoking regularly for a month or so. I have to stop and let my tolerance to THC drop back down.

When my roommate runs out of cash for weed and won't get money for 2 weeks, he paces the floor all day long. Gets on my nerves, but he always pays his rent on time. I can't help him I'm sober.

Semi-addictive. The body gets used to the regular ingestion of whatever. And it will respond to the lack of that substance.

Don't drink that sugar beverage you have everyday at 9 am... and the insulin that had been generated in anticipation will make your body and brain react slower.

Are these withdrawal symptoms. Sorta. I have heard of no instances of stopping pot that have resulted in death, just discomfort.

It's been long known that marijuana is addictive. The finding was that it is less addictive than other substances, that doesn't preclude it from being addictive. I don't know why people haven't realized this, it was obvious without the scientific studies.

Since I had most of those before I started smoking it would only follow that they would come back if I quit.