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Marijuana addiction is real. Those struggling often face skepticism. (web.archive.org)
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[–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Nicotine addiction isn't the same. That's physiological. Same with alcohol. It's literally changing your body chemistry and that creates the addiction. This is emotional/psychological addiction. It's like video games or sex. You can become addicted to it, but it's the exception, not the rule.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    That's a good point. I guess I have an issue with labeling psychological addictions to specific things then as I dont think it's so much the "this thing" that's addicting as it's something that you've psychologically latched onto.

    Treating a generalized psychological addiction seems like it would be pretty straightforward in terms of treating vs a chemical or physiological addiction. But I'm not a therapist, and I'm sure there is a great reason as to why these things are labeled the way they are. Apologies for my stubbornness on this subject.

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