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It's possible to have concerns about it even if alcohol is worse. I think most people are reacting to the "it cures cancer" culture which denies any negative effect.

Personally I've seen weed addiction in close friends and family and it's not pretty. It's slowly poisoning yourself while your life stagnates or falls apart. But they're convinced they're not addicted as you can't get addicted to weed.

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>But they're convinced they're not addicted as you can't get addicted to weed.

Habit forming, yes. Physically addictive? No.

Recovery from wake and bake will involve withdrawal symptoms and cravings, both of which have a physical basis. You can't expect flooding your brain all day and every day with a menagerie of feel-good chemicals and not expect adaptations which need to be undone.

This is not a fact based judgement. Physical Addiction has an actual basis in biology, not just your opinion.

That doesn't make sense what you wrote. I encourage you to read up on long term maurijuana use and addiction. This Wikipedia page is detailed: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_use_disorder?wprov=sf...

It's common sense that your body will physically adapt to most substances consumed regularly. Most of the time that means tolerance and subsequent withdrawal when its removed, which is caused by some physical process. Weed isn't magic.

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