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Bill Burr and Joe Rogan debate:

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Whose side are you on?
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No but you can be habitual and lead to people creating a psychological dependance.
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not really but it is for some
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If you are stressed out you will want to have some relief, so yea weed is addictive that way.
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Orthopox12 posted...

No but you can be habitual and lead to people creating a psychological dependance.

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I think it is. Just because the level of addiction isn't as severe as harder drugs doesn't mean it's not addictive.

I always find it funny that most people who claim pot isn't addictive are the ones that smoke it every chance they get.

I have nothing against potheads. I'm just saying.
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fusespliff posted...

Orthopox12 posted...

No but you can be habitual and lead to people creating a psychological dependance.

This. Everything can become an addiction.
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Orthopox12 posted...

No but you can be habitual and lead to people creating a psychological dependance.

This. Soo pretty much like everything else in existence. You ever eat a specific snack daily for weeks and then just cut it off before your desires for it end? Bet you crave it for a few days. That's basically what quitting weed for me is like. I quit once every 3 months and smoke for 2 of those months daily. First time I quit I had like 10 years with no off time. Now getting off my prescribed pain meds is a whole different battle.
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i know a handful of people meaning to quit smoking pot and not lasting a week without it.
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NeoBowser posted...

i know a handful of people meaning to quit smoking pot and not lasting a week without it.

I know a internet worth of people who are meaning to start working out and not lasting a week doing it. People are weak minded and lazy. That has nothing to do with smoking pot specifically
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

I know a internet worth of people who are meaning to start working out and not lasting a week doing it. People are weak minded and lazy. That has nothing to do with smoking pot specifically

it has to do with routine most of all

with that said everyone smokes pot where i live
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NeoBowser posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

I know a internet worth of people who are meaning to start working out and not lasting a week doing it. People are weak minded and lazy. That has nothing to do with smoking pot specifically

it has to do with routine most of all

I agree. You get in the routine of working out, you get in the routine of not smoking weed. I just started doing both again recently lol. Not not smoking weed. Smoking weed as well as working out.

It really matters who you are. If you're someone who complains a lot ablut stuff than you'll make it seem addictive when you bitch about not being able to smoke. If you're someone like me you just silently fight temptation for a few days until your new normal sets in.

Btw, smoking became legal here this month. I still have to drop every 3 months tho for my medication. It's lame
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You can become addicted to literally anything in a mental capacity.

Chemically, however, no, marijuana is not addictive.
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"I've smoked almost every day since I was 15 and I'm still not addicted."
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no
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and only narcs call it pot ime lol
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It is not an addictive substance - this is not a point for debate, scientists have analysed the effects of the chemicals and the brain does not form an addiction to them.

ANYTHING pleasurable can become habit forming/mentally addictive, though - because you can get addicted to the rush of dopamine in your brain. See: gambling addictions.

Orthopox12 posted...

No but you can be habitual and lead to people creating a psychological dependance.

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Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies
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Mentally, but not physically.
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Athletes get paid millions to not smoke pot, but they keep getting busted with it. It's definitely addictive
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OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive.

Can you provide peer reviewed sources for this claim?

It's about as addictive as :
Fried chicken
Video games
Listening to music or anything else that gives you pleasure.
You need to change your brain chemistry for physical addiction like with
Tobacco
Opium (all forms)
Amphetamines
Alcohol
Lots of pharmaceutical drugs like Xanax
Hell sugar is addictive cause your body will stop producing insulin .
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joe_stalin518 posted...

Lots of pharmaceutical drugs like Xanax

Ive had withdrawals from Xan. Not fun. Also 2 other pharmaceutical drugs. I have a lot of experience in this matter...
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Literally isnt
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joe_stalin518 posted...

It's about as addictive as :
Fried chicken
Video games

There have been life running addictions to both those things (food in general, not just fried chicken)

joe_stalin518 posted...

You need to change your brain chemistry for physical addiction like with

THC is literally a psychoactive hallucinogen
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Tyranthraxus posted...

joe_stalin518 posted...

It's about as addictive as :
Fried chicken
Video games

There have been life running addictions to both those things (food in general, not just fried chicken)

Yes, but you're not addicted *to* the chicken. Chicken does not contain chemicals that are physically addictive. People with food addictions have become addicted to the release of dopamine in their brain when they get pleasure from eating.

ArchiePeck posted...

Yes, but you're not addicted *to* the chicken. Chicken does not contain chemicals that are physically addictive. People with food addictions have become addicted to the release of dopamine in their brain when they get pleasure from eating.

It's more accurate to say you cannot develop a dependency on food (I mean beyond what you need to live). That's a bit different from saying it's not addictive.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

OctilIery posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

Virtually every drug you put into you body makes physical changes to your brain.

I just want to be clear that this includes shit like Benadryl
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Tyranthraxus posted...

OctilIery posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

Virtually every drug you put into you body makes physical changes to your brain.

I just want to be clear that this includes shit like Benadryl

that's such a weak intellectually dishonest comeback

"Meth alters your brain "
"Yeah? So does cough syrup!"
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UnfairRepresent posted...

that's such a weak comeback

"Meth alters your brain "
"Yeah? So does cough syrup!"

I didn't come back from anything. That was my first post to Octillery
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OctilIery posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

That's still not what people refer to as physical dependency. Again, most things in life will have some effect on your brain. That's how brains work. You're not gonna suddenly have hot flashes or stuff like restless leg syndrome when you quit. You get physically sick from quitting actual physically addictive drugs. What are you not getting...
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Tyranthraxus posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

that's such a weak comeback

"Meth alters your brain "
"Yeah? So does cough syrup!"

I didn't come back from anything. That was my first post to Octillery

that's still a comeback dude

and a bad one
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UnfairRepresent posted...

Tyranthraxus posted...

UnfairRepresent posted...

that's such a weak comeback

"Meth alters your brain "
"Yeah? So does cough syrup!"

I didn't come back from anything. That was my first post to Octillery

that's still a comeback dude

and a bad one

Where did I come back from?
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just because you all mightve met a few shitty stoners in your life doesnt mean you have to make a personal vendetta against cannabis lol
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Joe Rogan can't put down a joint for 3 minutes but he really gonna argue this lol
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SSJCAT posted...

just because you all mightve met a few shitty stoners in your life doesnt mean you have to make a personal vendetta against cannabis lol

Im curious if Im the only one here with personal experience of both ends. Some people just might not want to air out their weaknesses.
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pinky0926 posted...

Joe Rogan can't put down a joint for 3 minutes but he really gonna argue this lol

Not being an elitist smoker doesn't mean you have no right to talk. Don't be a child
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Joe Rogan can't put down a joint for 3 minutes but he really gonna argue this lol

Not being an elitist smoker doesn't mean you have no right to talk. Don't be a child

I don't even know what you're trying to say here man

Maybe try again but don't use 4 negatives
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pinky0926 posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

pinky0926 posted...

Joe Rogan can't put down a joint for 3 minutes but he really gonna argue this lol

Not being an elitist smoker doesn't mean you have no right to talk. Don't be a child

I don't even know what you're trying to say here man

Maybe try again but don't use 4 negatives

Maybe if you weren't so concerned about consuming weed in large amounts you'd be able to comprehend that post....wait, now I sound like Im against weed.
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

Maybe if you weren't so concerned about consuming weed in large amounts you'd be able to comprehend that post....wait, now I sound like Im against weed.

huh?

Ok I think I'm missing a trick, probably because I made the mistake of assuming the content of the video without watching it.

I assumed Joe Rogan, being the massive stoner pseudo intellectual that he is, would be arguing on the side of "nah man weed isn't addictive it's been proven by science". Is that not the case?
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Hairistotle posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

Maybe if you weren't so concerned about consuming weed in large amounts you'd be able to comprehend that post....wait, now I sound like Im against weed.

your post was confusing

Yeah, I can't really read it now either. Made sense when I typed it. I meant the amount of weed you smoke doesn't give you more or less of a right to talk about. Some people get as high off 3 hits as the next guy does off an entire joint. Dude actually knows less about weed if he doesn't realize how much it varies person to person
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Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Lost_All_Senses posted...

OctilIery posted...

Yes, it is physically addictive. It isn't as severe of an addiction, but frequent use causes changes in the brain that makes you want more.

You don't know what physical addiction implies

It makes physical changes within your brain.

That's still not what people refer to as physical dependency. Again, most things in life will have some effect on your brain. That's how brains work. You're not gonna suddenly have hot flashes or stuff like restless leg syndrome when you quit. You get physically sick from quitting actual physically addictive drugs. What are you not getting...

Fair enough. Yeah, in that sense, not physically addictive.