It’s isn’t highly addictive.
Wanting to be high on pot all the time is not the same as you must do this drug right now or your are very likely going to die of withdrawl.
That is what a phsyically addictive drug can do.
The MJ addict behaves the way you describe simply because they like the buzz so much they want to experience it all the time.
But if they all of a sudden ran out of supply, they would be fine, might be grumpy for a while, but they certainly would not die.
Marijuana is highly addictive. Psychologically. This explains the well stated comment that it’s a quasi-religion.
Just try to say anything negative about pot to a pothead, they get very emotional about it. You won’t see this with crack, meth, heroin, alcohol, tobacco or synthetic hallucinogens.
pot ain’t as weak as what you may have been exposed to 30 years ago. from what i am told some varieties are a hell of a lot more potent than what people could get their hands on in the past. that makes them more addictive by definition. and more powerful in their sense-bending effects.
Sounds like cigarette addiction then.
And it is an addiction no matter that you don’t die from withdrawals. It just means it’s not as dangerous a substance to begin with, compared with drugs like heroin, coke and meth.
So imo pot can be addictive. Why are they legalizing one potentially addictive substance and at the same time trying to get everybody off of another, one that’s been legal for centuries?