Cannabis is not chemically addictive! I work with addicts. Heavy use can produce a form of dependency, resulting in heavy users thinking they cannot get through the day or a stressful situation without using cannabis. Cannabis users DO NOT have to be chemically detoxed off cannabis ...there is NO chemical addiction. Even a heavy user of cannabis can quit using at anytime without the medical dangers or detox symptoms of those who are chemically addicted such as, alcohol, tobacco, hundreds of prescription drugs, opiates, cocaine.
Your conclusions and the ones at the link you provided fly in the face of tens of millions of cannabis users who are employed or own businesses, thus the link is bs. Yes being intoxicated on any psychoactive substance impairs ones ability to perform certain tasks, such as the all drunks who are unemployable and all the drunks that somehow manage to hold unto jobs...amazing!
I would much prefer everyone abstain from getting intoxicated on anything, but I don’t want to throw them in prison because they did get intoxicated nor do I want to empower govt to have that authority. That is not to say I don’t want those who are intoxicated and commit crimes such as robbery or assault or murder not arrested and prosecuted just like non-intoxicated people. What substances adults put in their own bodies is their business not mine, not yours, not the govts.
If someone wants to grow and eat tomatoes or cannabis it is nobodies business. Cannabis is plant and I stand with free people even if they are stupid enough to want to get high on it.
Withdrawal symptoms do not need to occur in order for an addiction to exist. In addiction, the parts of the brain responsible for impulse control become dysfunctional, so that addicts are unable to decide against using a substance--if it is available, they will use it. People become addicted to gambling, too, and I'm pretty certain that gambling does not involve physically ingesting psychoactive chemicals.
What substances adults put in their own bodies is their business not mine, not yours, not the govts.
There is just one problem with that. You would be correct, if we, as a society, allowed addicts to crawl off and die when they have progressed so far in their addictions that they are no longer able to function as productive members of society. But that isn't the case. As a society, we insist on taking care of them, on providing them minimal survival necessities. As a result, we spend a lot on welfare programs, on dealing with the homeless, and so forth. Therefore, allowing addicts to descend into the depths of addiction has consequences for everyone.
You want to google addicted doctors and nurses, it is not a small problem. I have helped both get clean.
I know perfectly well that doctors and nurses become addicted. I have expressed doubt that they can continue to perform adequately at their jobs while being substance abusers. If substance abuse is not deleterious to optimal job performance, then why bother helping them to get clean?