I am an addiction counselor~ All things in moderation ...
When you abuse you lose with any drug, or addiction .
Smoking pot can be beneficial... for instance the THC makes you high , but they are finding the CBD substance in pot is fighting cancer , and is helping with pain with out the high of THC.
I take the CBD drops everyday without the high, I don't like the THC high.
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That post might lead some to believe that cannabis is pharmacologically addictive. Is that what you believe?
If you use even a nose spray everyday for weeks, you stop the nose spray and your nose with be a mess for several weeks after stopping, because the brain has compensated for the alien spray thing in your body. When it is removed the body reacts .
If you eat sugar , coffee for weeks all day, you will have a sugar / coffee withdrawal.
Anything if abused is addictive ..... including pot, or any pharmaceutical
So even a simple joint a day for health reasons will become a habit if used for a long period of time.
This is why they taper you off slowly if you ever need to stop the drug..
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