Re:I'm Just a Middle-Aged House Dad Addicted to Pot
by Nursie on Monday October 08, 2018 @03:15AM
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You know it's interesting, I see the same sorts of themes crop up whenever there's an article criticising alcohol on mainstream press websites.
Quite a few people will come out and say that it can't really be addictive, because they aren't addicted. Some say things like "Well I can have a beer every night, but never go off the deep-end and become an alcoholic, so clearly it's not that bad".
The point is that a percentage of people won't be able to control it. They will lose themselves to it. They will suffer for it. This happens with substances that cause physical dependency (opiates, alcohol, tobacco) and activities that clearly cannot (gambling). Cannabis seems to lie somewhere between the two, and be relatively mild.
Good for you if you enjoy it, use it and are not addicted. But that's not everyone's experience (It was mostly mine too, mostly, until it wasn't).
Quite a few people will come out and say that it can't really be addictive, because they aren't addicted. Some say things like "Well I can have a beer every night, but never go off the deep-end and become an alcoholic, so clearly it's not that bad".
The point is that a percentage of people won't be able to control it. They will lose themselves to it. They will suffer for it. This happens with substances that cause physical dependency (opiates, alcohol, tobacco) and activities that clearly cannot (gambling). Cannabis seems to lie somewhere between the two, and be relatively mild.
Good for you if you enjoy it, use it and are not addicted. But that's not everyone's experience (It was mostly mine too, mostly, until it wasn't).