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The only main drawback I could find was an argument that weed was mildly addictive, but after further checking it seemed to be more of a psychological thing. Is it an escape?
OOOH, DRUGS=BAD!
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There was a lot of back and forth in my Drugs & Society textbook about how "bad" weed is although the overall opinion was that it wasn't nearly as bad as people make it out to be. Its a very vilified substance and its really a damn shame that the stigma makes it illegal to sell even medicinally (in general, its not seen as a medicinal drug, which is why carrying it can get you a worse penalty than carrying cocaine), since as you mentioned earlier it really does help people.
Marijuana is considered (on an apparently arbitrary scale) to be about as addictive as caffeine. However, I don't believe marijuana has withdrawal like caffeine does (however, I've never smoked weed so I wouldn't know from experience), which would seem to make it less addictive. But withdrawal is actually a rather minor factor in whether or not someone quits a drug.
I doubt I'll be using this information much in life so I figured I'd put it to use in a topical discussion
