On 03/08/2010 12:42 PM, John Massey -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 JM> 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.


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

Yes.

Ed

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