bouzane on 25 February 2009
| SamuelRSmith said: You can become addicted to things without the said things having the necessary chemicals. Do you think that gambling addicts get injected with nicotine every time they use the slots? |
Those are properly called habits. An addiction is defined by the pain and/or illness a person experiences when they can no longer consume a non-essential substance. For example, quiting heroin causes pain, powerful cold sensations and mental distress whereas quiting marijuana caused loss of appetite and mild insomnia. Repeated use of marijuana arises from the enjoyment of using it, not a dependance on getting a fix to prevent the painful withdrawal symptoms that define an addiction. Therefore pot smokers aren't addicts.
