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To: urtax$@work

None of them are actually addicted to pot, because pot is not an addictive substance.

Any of them can quit anytime they want to with no problem.


9 posted on 11/25/2019 5:28:38 AM PST by chris37 (Where's Hunter?)
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To: chris37

You’re kidding or you’re ignorant... or possibly you’re a pothead.
Gambling is not an addictive substance, but millions are addicted. Pornography is not an addictive substance... but millions are addicted. Jeesh... I do hope you we’re just joking, or maybe just stoned


15 posted on 11/25/2019 5:50:01 AM PST by theoldmarine (Revival, America's only real hope!)
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To: chris37
None of them are actually addicted to pot, because pot is not an addictive substance.

Perhaps not in the pharmacological sense, but there are changes in the brain as a result of becoming habituated to any activity whether it be gambling, watching pornography, overeating or any of a number of other deleterious activities.

And it's the anticipation of performing the activity (as opposed to the activity itself) that triggers the areas of the brain that are affected by it.

The key to breaking a habit is to find something to substitute it with.

In the case of pot, chemical changes do take place in the brain - and studies are indicating that these changes can be long-term in nature and perhaps irreversible.

So, to say that 'any of them can quit anytime they want to with no problem' is perhaps a little naive and simplistic.

I wouldn't wish any form of addiction or dependency on anyone.

25 posted on 11/25/2019 6:02:43 AM PST by Quality_Not_Quantity (A law means nothing if it isnÂ’t followed.)
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To: chris37

None of them are actually addicted to pot, because pot is not an addictive substance.

Any of them can quit anytime they want to with no problem.

***********8

I take it you are being sarcastic


29 posted on 11/25/2019 6:05:57 AM PST by yldstrk (Bingo! We have a winner!)
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To: chris37

...Any of them can quit anytime they want to with no problem

Define “Want To”
Yes, there will be no major withdrawal symptoms
But Pot seems to degrade ones command pathways
so they cease to “want” self control

It’s all in how you look at it


31 posted on 11/25/2019 6:07:42 AM PST by HangnJudge (Kipling was right about Humanity)
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To: chris37

“None of them are actually addicted to pot, because pot is not an addictive substance.”

More than a few have told me: “I’ve got to have it.”


47 posted on 11/25/2019 6:38:08 AM PST by odawg
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To: chris37

what’s that, a voice of reason in the crowd. Touché


48 posted on 11/25/2019 6:39:09 AM PST by Pilated (.)
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To: chris37

“Any of them can quit anytime they want to with no problem.”

That’s right, just like what Mark Twain said about tobacco. ‘quitting smoking is easy, I’ve done it many times”.


64 posted on 11/25/2019 6:55:55 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you care!)
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