Can you get addicted to weed?

[guysdaman]

Sorry bro but Im gonna have to call you on this. Pot is legal in amsterdam and they have said that a few years after it was legalized the use actually dropped. It would be much cheaper to buy weed also. It would cost somewhere aound the same as cigarettes.

Yes pot and other soft drugs are legal in Holland, and yes there has been a decrease in the use of pot. However there has been a sharp INCREASE in hard drug use in Holland, specifically heroin. They practically have an epidemic on ther hands in bigger cities like Amsterdam.

[Chris42050]

Yes pot and other soft drugs are legal in Holland, and yes there has been a decrease in the use of pot. However there has been a sharp INCREASE in hard drug use in Holland, specifically heroin. They practically have an epidemic on ther hands in bigger cities like Amsterdam.

Heroin is still illegal there isnt it. Funny how that works. People who use drugs do it for so many reasons. I think the fact that drugs are illegal is part of the reason some might use them. You know phsycology stuff. You want what you cant have. Or in this case what you are not supposed to have. We all know if you want drugs you will get drugs. I think someone posted here on AO before and said they were a walkin chemistry lab. That about sums me up. I have tried almost everything ever conceived to alter my consousness (damn I know thats not spelled right). I KNOW first hand weed is not physically addictive. Want to talk about physical addiction. Try Methodone or Morphine pain killers. Thats a hell I never want to go back to. I think legalizing drugs with proper education is the answer, not the nonsense they brainwash our youth with would do the World a whole lot better. When kids get older they realize that what they have been told is an exageration or flat out lie in some cases. That makes them go out and experiment for themselves. At least that was the case with me. All the talk about how we shouldnt do it made me want to do it.

[MagMan5446]

can't understand a users mind,
try with your books and degrees.
but if you let yourself go
and open your mind,
than i bet you be doin like me.
and it aint so bad.


5 points to whoever knows that song. People don't do drugs because they're illegal, they do it for fun. Eventually it ends up owning people, which is what the word "addict" means, to be owned.

By the way, if you know the song than you know what became of the guy that wrote it.

[Chris42050]

can't understand a users mind,
try with your books and degrees.
but if you let yourself go
and open your mind,
than i bet you be doin like me.
and it aint so bad.


5 points to whoever knows that song. People don't do drugs because they're illegal, they do it for fun. Eventually it ends up owning people, which is what the word "addict" means, to be owned.

By the way, if you know the song than you know what became of the guy that wrote it.

I'm gonna guess Hendrix.

And people do drugs for many reasons. To each his own.

[dwab3000]

i will tell you right now, i smoked weed for just about 25 yrs..when i quit it was a blow to the head..

tell him not to start, im now slow, mentally ans physically..

as to smoking just like once for a month, i can understand, but what will happen, he gonna start doing it, and he will want more..he wont go out and pawn his car, or sell all his possesions, but thats all hell want to do

as for a gateway drug..thats bull, so much bull, its really the people your with, the people your with expiremtn with say acid, or maybe some coke...they get addicted then they all staart doing and you join in..and gets worse

anyway if he does do drugs leave it legal...scripts for all that need it...

[Chris42050]

anyway if he does do drugs leave it legal...scripts for all that need it...

Dont do perscriptions. Triplicates are as bad as heroin. Only you dont use a needle.

[Phelps]

Nonsense. Your own scource includes this statement development of a cannabis dependence syndrome characterized by a loss of control over cannabis use is likely in chronic users

No one can tell you like someone who experienced it. So take if from me...Thats physical my man.

And things like that are rather variable. Some have a harder time than others getting off Cigarettes. Same with Marajuana

I don't think you understand the difference between psychological and physical addiction. Psychological addiction causes physiological symptoms. So does getting worked up over a big exam. That doesn't mean that exams are physically disruptive.

[dinger]

Rule #1: if you're going to do anything drug-related, make it pot/weed.
Rule #2: Acid is the Devil.

unless you're a drug analyst, doctor, or you actually smoke, you cant say it's addictive.

Why do i say that? oh, because it isn't. if it was, i'd have a quarter upstairs, or i would have smoked today. dont be brainwashed by D.A.R.E. or other BS stories and crap.

the only way you could get addicted is if you let yourself be a total scumbag and think that you're sooo low that you need to smoke and chill. tell you what, if you do that then you suck and you're a big

smoking's better than drinking alcohol anyways, in my eyes. alcohol impairs you WAAAAAY more than being stoned does, that is if smoking does at all. alcohol destroys the liver and kills brain cells (or maybe it's some other cell...) and makes you just loose. weed will destory brain cells, and if you smoke a TON you'll ruin your lungs. it doesn't take a lot to get high, mind you. that'd make cigarettes even worse than pot!

my buds will drive blazed to hell and be perfectly normal. all he does is engage his Stoner Shades and turn up the music. smoking's for when you wanna just relax and enjoy your surroundings. it's also good for nice BS material at parties. if it's a rainy day and you're feelin gloomy, pack a brownie and just chill out. if you think that you NEED it because you're a total sally that is sad all the time, then you're just out of your small mind.


all in all, dope isn't addictive. it can only be addictive if you lower yourself to clay (thats lower than dirt) and think "oooh snap i need a smoke im so stressed la la la" then you can just eat some celery.

[hAppy]

I know they used Beagles at one time too. And pigs. But they could not afford the food bills so they stopped.

haha

Your friend sounds like he has a problem, looks like he won't cooperate with you. Anyways, I do not REALLY know for a fact if it's addictive. To my knowledge, it isn't addictive. But I have a few good friends who look like they are addicted, they smoke all day everyday, they never have a buck on them, just a while ago they asked me for a buck for a "swisher". They spend almost every dollar they make on weed, I'm glad I don't smoke, or else I wouldn't be playing paintball...

[MagMan5446]

Rule #1: if you're going to do anything drug-related, make it pot/weed.
Rule #2: Acid is the Devil.

We just had a drug raid in my town, down the street actually. 10000 hits of acid and i missed out.

3 lbs of weed
lb and a half of shrooms
half oz of meth
4 e pills

guy i knew got raided along with another friend of mine, but that guy is on top of his game and didnt get caught up with anything. Heard the other guy was bailing to mexico but i saw him the other day.


That's alice in chains by the way.

[Lesta]

I had this discussion with my mom (a RN) many a time, and the answer is

No, you cannot become addicted to marijuana.. you can, though, become dependent.

[RoadDawg]

I have previously smoked. Would I recommend it to others. Yes. It's a good way to free up your mind. It can become habitual but in my case it wasn't. I smoked for 6 months (day to day) and quit with NO problems & NO withdrawls. I wrote some of my best poetry on pot. I NEVER did anything that would put my life in danger (driving, etc). I was not stupid on pot. In fact I had more intellectual thoughts and conversations with others under the influence. I also have a thought that if the world smoked weed, there'd be peace, not greed (taken from a Kottonmouth Kings lyric). Now the reason I stopped was mainly cause of my job area.

Another good quote from KMK lyric: "How much do I spend on weed? Not nearly as much as I spend on legal fees! You'd be amazed at how much it costs to be free."

[dinger]

We just had a drug raid in my town, down the street actually. 10000 hits of acid and i missed out.

3 lbs of weed
lb and a half of shrooms
half oz of meth
4 e pills

guy i knew got raided along with another friend of mine, but that guy is on top of his game and didnt get caught up with anything. Heard the other guy was bailing to mexico but i saw him the other day.


That's alice in chains by the way.

Rule #3: Shrooms are the Devils advocate, and they taste like **** :o

thats crazy to see that many durrrrgzzz
the most dope i've seen at once was a quarter... now if i took that x64.... oh snap!

[cphilip]

I don't think you understand the difference between psychological and physical addiction. Psychological addiction causes physiological symptoms. So does getting worked up over a big exam. That doesn't mean that exams are physically disruptive.

Your mincing words to protect your position. Addiction is addiction. Metal or physical. Sorry if you don't want to admit it. If a metal addiction gives you a physical symptom the the addiction is physical. Plain and simple. Your the one that fails to understand. Or wants to write some definition that fits his argument.

[cphilip]

I had this discussion with my mom (a RN) many a time, and the answer is

No, you cannot become addicted to marijuana.. you can, though, become dependent.

I gotta role my eyes at that one. Double talk.