Is Cannabis Addictive?

[avens76]

First I want to say that I totally believe in Cannabis and what it can do medically. I think that God put the herb on this earth for a reason. However, I do not believe that reason was just for people to smoke it and get high and get the munchies. I do believe, from personal experience, that it can be addictive. I feel that some people become dependant on the calm and soothing feeling they get when being high and there fore get to a point that they can not cope with life without being high to calm them. I do believe that people can use cannabis seldom just for pleasure and be fine, but when it gets to be something that you do daily, you start getting use to that feeling and life without it can become hard to deal with.

[Serenity]

I think the fact that it gives some relief to MS sufferers is reason enough to make it legal or at the very least available on prescription. It was proven way back almost a decade ago in Great Britain to help control tremors. I've never seen anyone smoke a joint and be anything less than mellowed out. Even if it is in fact addictive, there's worse drugs you could be addicted to than that.

[Kitten]

I think the fact that it gives some relief to MS sufferers is reason enough to make it legal or at the very least available on prescription. It was proven way back almost a decade ago in Great Britain to help control tremors. I've never seen anyone smoke a joint and be anything less than mellowed out. Even if it is in fact addictive, there's worse drugs you could be addicted to than that.

I tend to agree. I've seen people that are 'too' mellowed out by it or doing crazy things while they're high, that's for sure, but I've also seen the side effects of some prescription drugs that are just as bad, so what's the difference?

[Green-Moo]

I think we're getting off the subject of whether cannibis is addictive or not. The subject of it's legality is a seperate issue.