The Water Cooler

It's as addictive as food, sex, video games, tv, or anything else people enjoy doing. Should we ban chocolate or butter because of all if the fat people in this country? Should we ban sex for non procreation purposes?

Just because someone is weak willed, is it the fault of the vice? Of course not. I don't smoke anymore with any regularity, but every few months, if I'm in the mood and something smells good, I'll take a puff. Then i won't do it again for a while. Why? I'm not weak willed. Stone people may smoke street work everyday, and that's fine, i don't hood it against them. Particularly if they take care of their family, and business at

Anything can be mentally addictive. But weed is not the same as meth or crack As a drug counselor, you should know that. How many people can't sick too their diets when they are 100 pounds overweight?

We say we live in the freest country in the world. But that's not always the case. The funny thing is, when i was in high school in florida, it was much easier to get weed than beer. Why? The drug dealer didn't check id. And he also had other stuff for sale. Proper regulation would be significantly better at keep drugs out of children's hands.

I think your the misinformed one. Smoke weed for ten years. Obviously, if you smokes that long, you enjoy it. It's gonna suck, but you won't be twitching or vomiting for days.
Now smoke crack, eat painkillers, or shoot heroin for ten years. There's a huge difference.

I'm certain it's the vast majority.

Then i guess we should ban fatty foods too. I've i know a ton of people with giant assess that don't seem to get any smaller. Since some people can't stop eating cake, then none should have cake.

Since some people are alcoholics, we should ban alcohol too.

Since some people can't stay of BOL and post fifty times a day, we should shut down the site.

Okay, i must have mistaken one of your post with anothers.

So, do you think weed is more addictive than sweets? Is it more addictive than sex? Is weed more addictive than porn? How about alcohol?

It'd be nice to get the counselors opinion on these questions.

For future reference, in case you ever find yourself in a situation where it matters, find out if the drug counselor in question speaks from personal experience or has been trained in a classroom. If it is the latter, take what they say with a grain of salt. I'm not saying they're always wrong but anytime their opinion and that of someone who has been through the ringer differs, the educated counselor is almost always wrong.

Nah. I think it is equally addictive. Some folks smoke weed without getting addicted just like others pound vag without getting addicted but to say neither can lead certain people to a place they choose it over all else is ignorant. Lots of people play with heroin and put it away but, like everything else, some people take it too far and it rules their life. Weed certainly does that to people.

Could not agree more with this one. The "counselors" who have not been through it are worthless. Yes, worthless.

To the huy who says "mental addiction isnt real", You are clearly ignorant on this topic. Psychological dependence is taught in every medical school in this country and is absolutely a form of "addiction". It has a biochemical basis just as physical dependence does, albeit a different pathway. I am not hating on smokers because, aside from abiding by the laws of a land, I don't find it ethically wrong to smoke so long as it doesn't impinge on others, but your argument that psychological dependence isn't real is about as far from the facts as possible.

True. But i think butter and high fructose corn syrup have caused more harm to society than marijuana. And forpepper that get high all day everyday, and can't put out down? Somebody has to pick up three garbage in front of our houses, and I'm not gonna do it.

My point wasn't to say that weed should be illegal, but rather to state that psychological dependence as a biochemical foundation that is very real and furthermore, that marijuana has been linked to with clear clinical evidence that any cursory search of Pubmed would illustrate. Other forms of "fun" have been linked or, in many cases, have not, to other biochemical and metabolic pathways. Where to draw a legal line in the sand was not and is not my intention.

Steve is dead and Ted is going though a divorce, You're point is? If they got caught with weed they would be in jail too, except Steve hes dead.