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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
Sorry, there is NO evidence that marijuana is addictive. Any substance can be emotionally addictive, but physical addition is not a problem with Marijuana.
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You could not be more wrong. There is a government website that serves as an online resource for medical research.
PubMed
There are hundreds of articles on the subject but here are a couple:
Cannabis Addiction and the Brain: a Review
Keep off the grass? Cannabis, cognition and addiction | Nature Reviews Neuroscience
People who try cannabis are ninefold more likely to become addicted to it than to develop psychosis. Cannabis addiction is an increasing problem globally, and no effective pharmacological treatments currently exist — this remains a major unmet clinical need.
An occasional joint will probably not cause addiction or permanent damage. The big problem is that the potency is much higher now and many lives will be destroyed by it because they believed the lie that it was a harmless drug.