You say pot isn't addictive..have any unbiased test been done to prove this?
I know alot of stoners..and to me they all seem addicted,its almost as if they can not make it through the day without getting high. when they are not high they are complete jerks,but when they are high they seem..umm I guess the word is "laid back"but still "out of it" like they cant function without it..but they cant really function with it...make sense?
maybe marijuana isn't addictive but I wonder if people who smoke daily are actually addicted to the side effects?
I've been a musician for 25 years... It's been around and easily accessible that whole time. I gave it up about 10 years ago, myself. I quit drinking at the same time. I had to give up that stuff because my first kid was born. I realized I could never forgive myself if he had an accident or something, and I was too f***ed up to drive him to the hospital. So that was that. And over the years all of my friends quit, too.
But I know exactly what you're saying. You're referring to what most people call "potheads." Chronic smokers. Alcohol does the same kind of thing to people, when overdone. But the thing is... even if you're a chronic smoker, weed really isn't hard to quit. You don't need any 12 step programs; you don't need counseling; you don't go through any serious withdrawals. You don't need Bill W. to help you. A person just needs to make the decision to quit, and then it's not hard to do. You just quit. I still have all my old friends, but none of us smokes anymore. And none of us ever had a problem quitting.
The bottom line is... Everybody likes to have a good time. People spend their money on weed for the same reason people spend their money on beer; because that's what they like. It's not because they can't live without it. They just like it.
), not because my life was empty or depressing, not because it's illegal and I can. I smoked because it was fun. No horrible after-effects like alcohol. I could remember what I did afterward. I was still in control of my actions with a clear conscience. I had a heightened alertness, but seldom did I have paranoia. Unless I was smoking what we referred to as "The Stress", which was pretty much mexican dirt weed. 
I never tried much else though. Never did X. Never did heroin. Never really did shrooms. The thought of eating something that grew in cow crap wasn't appealing. 
And this is the kind of people out and about carrying weapons and such. Just great.
