I smoked in the late 70s. I didn’t know it was supposed o be addictive. Don’t know anyone in my circle who was addicted. I quit when I got a job keeping people in jail for having pot. Peace officers shouldn’t be hypocrites.
I started in the 60s and smoked well into the 90s. I am a programmer, so it kind of went with the profession, at least as far as I was concerned at the time.