Quote (Lifebane99 @ May 15 2013 07:34pm)
I think it's not whether weed is addictive, but HOW addictive it is.
People can go through withdrawal for nearly anything...fatties on a diet go through food withdrawal all the time. This doesn't mean that food is dangerously addictive.
What you, and the study, has failed to delineate is whether or not weed is dangerously addictive or not.
Arguably, something like crystal meth or heroine are substances that are dangerously addictive, and something like weed is not. Alcohol would likely fall into some sort of middle ground.
On another note, I looked up the study:
http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0044864What we should be concerned about is:
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Professor Alan Budney has provided consultation to GW Pharmaceuticals. Dr. Allsop, Professor Copeland, and Dr. Norberg are currently carrying out an investigator driven clinical trial using materials donated by GW Pharmaceuticals. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors report no competing interest exists.
Ah, so some of the authors are directly funded by pharmaceutical companies.
And what about Dr. Lukas who was cited in your article?
Yup, also sponsored by a biopharmaceutical company:
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Contract Funding
Alkermes, Inc. This contract awarded to Dr. Lukas will study the mechanism of action of a depot formulation of naltrexone (Vivitrol) on alcohol-related cue reactivity in recently abstinent treatment-seeking persons using fMRI techniques.
http://www.mclean.harvard.edu/research/neuroimaging/bprl/funding.phpDon't believe everything you hear.