Question for those of you living in a country where marijuana is legal. What are the positive sides, what are the negatives?
If you could go back in time, would you vote for legalising again? Does it affect the country’s illegal drug business , more/less?
Heya, I’d love to follow up with you on some of this stuff. This actually isn’t accurate for the current understanding of addiction. Substance use disorders are more than just dependence, tolerance, and withdrawal. There are a number of other factors that constitute “addiction” (aka, SUDs). Check out the DSM criteria for cannabis use disorder for starters.
It turns out that, while not medical emergency level akin to ethanol or benzo w/d, cannabis does have some seriously addictive properties.
Really the trouble is that we misunderstand addiction itself. It’s not about chemicals. It’s about context, and overall life functioning.