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, 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. :)

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

Ed

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