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Re: Obama's drug czar: Marijuana 'has no medical benefit'
And here I was trying to make sure when I posted not to deny that there is such a thing as marijuana addiction.
To the best of my knowledge (and I have done a lot of research on the subject, as well as personal experience and anecdotal) I have seen no evidence either through study, or experience that shows a physical dependence. I do not think this is erroneous information at all, although I will concede that a physical dependence has neither been substantiated, nor disqualified.
Believe me, I have no intentions of spreading erroneous information, there is way too much on both sides of this issue, and it does undermine the debate. I I do strive to keep as factually based as possible. Perhaps I did not frame my reply as well as I could have if you got the impression that i was saying it was not addictive at all.
My intention was to differentiate between physical addiction and the psychological addiction as a counterpoint to the "ohh my god we are going to be a nation full of junkies" aspect of the post that I was replying to. I made no claims that there is no such thing as addiction to marijuana.
What addiction there is to marijuana is a weak addiction, one that will not foster an immense craving, one that can easily be broken. Despite the broad clinical definition of addiction. What research has been done has yet to demonstrate a physical chemical dependence (exo-chemical dependence so you do not parse this). If there is conclusive research on this, I have yet to see it, and I am sure it would be very quickly propagated and widely publicized if there were conclusive studies showing a physical dependence.
I knew you were going to say something along the lines of brain chemistry changing with psychological addictions. These people also on occasion get mild physical manifestations (irritability, anxiety, restlessness) when severed from their psychological addictions as well don't they? :lol:
GI problems? multiple cases, or isolated? this is a new one to me.
. Yours reads like marijuana is fine and not addictive at all. Not true. Read Binary Digit's information. Same information as I've seen. Marijuana IS physically addictive in a minority of people, and DOES cause physical dependence in that same minority. Providing erroneous information about that, is just as bad as telling people that if you smoke marijuana you WILL become addicted.
And here I was trying to make sure when I posted not to deny that there is such a thing as marijuana addiction.
To the best of my knowledge (and I have done a lot of research on the subject, as well as personal experience and anecdotal) I have seen no evidence either through study, or experience that shows a physical dependence. I do not think this is erroneous information at all, although I will concede that a physical dependence has neither been substantiated, nor disqualified.
Believe me, I have no intentions of spreading erroneous information, there is way too much on both sides of this issue, and it does undermine the debate. I I do strive to keep as factually based as possible. Perhaps I did not frame my reply as well as I could have if you got the impression that i was saying it was not addictive at all.
My intention was to differentiate between physical addiction and the psychological addiction as a counterpoint to the "ohh my god we are going to be a nation full of junkies" aspect of the post that I was replying to. I made no claims that there is no such thing as addiction to marijuana.
What addiction there is to marijuana is a weak addiction, one that will not foster an immense craving, one that can easily be broken. Despite the broad clinical definition of addiction. What research has been done has yet to demonstrate a physical chemical dependence (exo-chemical dependence so you do not parse this). If there is conclusive research on this, I have yet to see it, and I am sure it would be very quickly propagated and widely publicized if there were conclusive studies showing a physical dependence.
Captain Courtesy said:And as far as addictions such as sex, video games, gambling, etc... we already know that brain scans of these folks are similar to those of folks who are addicted to substances...as opposed to those who are not. The biology of addiction lends itself to the medical model and to the physical addiction concept, even when it seems as if this should not be the case.
I knew you were going to say something along the lines of brain chemistry changing with psychological addictions. These people also on occasion get mild physical manifestations (irritability, anxiety, restlessness) when severed from their psychological addictions as well don't they? :lol:
GI problems? multiple cases, or isolated? this is a new one to me.
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