Is cannibas addictive?!
Answers: cannabis is a very deceptive drug that can be highly addictive.
from what I've heard I would say no, or at least less so than other most commonly used drugs. even if this is true, it's definitely a habit, and quite understandably grossly conducive to habit-forming. wikipedia is awesome, i'm sure it has something on it... (sorry i don't have time to explore that myself)
then again, i have also heard that it is dangerous and can have weird flash-back side effects later, even if you have it just once. but hey, hearsay shmearsay...
no dude, no drugs are addictive; nor are they illegal, why don't you go buy some cannibas and some meth and chew/smoke it, then go ask the cops if its addictive; better yet, go ask the dealers..... they'll be driving a beamer living in house with no windows.
*duh* what a stupid question; OF COURSE it's addictive, but even if it weren't you KNOW it's illegal! *gosh!*....
There is evidence to suggest that is is psychologically, if not physiologically.
According to the Observer, drug treatment centres are reporting a rise in the number of cannabis cases they are dealing with. Nine per cent of all those attending clinics cited cannabis as the main reason for seeking treatment, twice as many as a decade ago.
Michael Rowlands, medical director at the Priory Farm Place, says cannabis shows all the classic signs of dependency.
"There's a strong desire to use, which overrides other activities, so friends and hobbies and work are neglected," he says. "There's difficulty in controlling the amounts you use. There's a degree of tolerance developed so you need higher doses to have the same effect. And then you persist in using despite the fact it's causing you ill health or debt."
The main thing that separates cannabis from heroin or nicotine is that the physical withdrawal state is not normally as severe.
Almost all addictive drugs stimulate a part of the brain - called the mesolymbic dopamine system - that acts as a reward pathway in the central nervous system. Receptors for the active ingredients in cannabis have been found in this system. Once stimulated, these receptors begin a cycle of reward that can lead people to use more of the drug.
Rowlands says the apparent increase in cases of addiction might be nothing more than a product of the changing attitudes towards cannabis use. "Some of the stigma is going. People are much easier at talking about addiction," he says. "There are vast numbers of people taking cannabis. Some of them, 8 to10%, will get some type of dependency."
More concerning than any apparent rise in addiction is the potential to cause psychoses in heavy users.
Robin Murray, a psychiatrist at King's College London, is one of Britain's leading researchers in this area and his results are worrying. "The conclusion was that, if you took cannabis at age 18, you were about 60% more likely to go psychotic. But if you started by the time you were 15, then the risk was much greater, around 450%," he says.
yes so it is addictive
It is so difficult to tell!
While many people smoke alot of weed and say that it is addictive, I think to them, its just the IDEA of doing drugs that is addictive.
When I was into cannabis, I smoked for a few years not because I craved it, but because it became second nature for me to go out and smoke a joint with a few friends. After I saw what it was doing to people, it was easy for me to get off. I found this amazing as I have tried hundreds of times, but still can't stop smoking cigarettes.
I don't believe weed is addictive, I think people just pull themselves into that hole.
I still would never recommend it though! No matter what I say, its still just my opinion, and I could be drastically wrong! And even if I am right, the idea of smoking a joint might be more appealing than the actual effect; this could be what lures people in and makes them feel like they have an addiction.
Is cannabis addictive?
Physiologically, no.
Psychologically, yes.
One problem with cannabis is, like other drugs, it's cut with other substances... and therein rests the problem. The human body may not react from cannabis withdrawal, but depending on what else was cut with the weed (other drugs, added chemicals, etc), there may be serious physiologic responses.
My advice, if you want it: just say no, man. These days you really don't know what you're getting... today's weed isn't the weed of the 60s... and everything else is just bad news.
According to The World Health Organization NO.
Use any search engine to look them up and then search CANNABIS from their homepage.
Don't believe other peoples opinions, learn it yourself.
This isn't the Food and Drug section.....DEAR!!!