On 3/8/2010 2:36 PM, Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH> On 03/08/2010 07:20 AM, Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>> Ed Hulett -> Ross Cassell wrote:
 EH>>> On 03/07/2010 03:23 PM, Ross Cassell -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RC>>>> Hello Ed!

 RC>>>> 07 Mar 10 18:22, you wrote to Mimi Gallandt:

 MG>>>>>> Point of order: Pot is not addictive.

 EH>>>>> Yes it is. If it wasn't, there wouldn't be so many
people using it
 EH>>>>> illegally.

 RC>>>> It doesnt have the addictive qualities of other drugs,
such as most
 RC>>>> opiates or nicotine.

 EH>>> Did I say it did?

 RC>>>> Having smoked POT way back in my youth, I did not feel
any need to
 EH>>> have
 RC>>>> to have it in my system and paid no consequences when I didnt get
 EH>>> it, as
 RC>>>> I only did so socially at parties and such, unlike cigarettes,
 EH> where a
 RC>>>> physicalpenalty is felt when the body gets deproved of nicotine.

 EH>>> The addiction to pot is psychological.

 MG>> Which is habit not addiction. :)

 EH> No, it is addiction. When a person feels the need to get high, it is
 EH> addiction.


If a person feels the need for a cup of coffee in the morning to "get
their eyes open" does that mean they are addicted to coffee?

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