[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by ithos

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

I wrote a LONG reply with links and all, and decided to delete it. (which you can;'t do on this forum).

The article is one of MANY on THC by NIH. And all of them refer to how THC affects the brain, referring it the effects as "similar" to other drugs that cause substance use disorder (the term addiction is not really used anymore except in general).

The addiction I and others was referring to is the traditional referenced to addiction that results in pain and suffering during withdrawl, and the addiction that results in lying, stealing or even in some cases killing to get a fix. That is not seen in THC users. Instead even heavy users that have sudden withdrawal typical have symptoms of anxiety and depression - more similar to coffee than say cocaine, opioids, heroin, etc. Which is the type of drugs the Federal Government lists MJ as being the same as.

sigh...