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  unless it's an edible?
context: "Everything is poison and nothing is poison, it's just a matter of quantity"
  
  Paracelsus, 1493 - 1541 >
  
  The dose makes the poison >
  
  I think the addiction aspect (that people don’t want admit) “you can’t get addicted” (oh yes you can!) Is the real dangerous aspect. I’ve seen people get angry, and so unproductive if they don’t have some. >
  
  It is not any more real than the other aspects to me, but I agree with you. Have seen the same.
  Inb4 "not every addict is unproductive and gets angry if the shop is closed and they can't get some" : Of course there are some people who are the opposite - very productive after they've smoked, since it calms their anxiety. Sure. >
  
  It’s also possible to get addicted to it. Just because it’s a non addictive substance doesn’t mean it can’t be abused. If you can’t wake up, eat, sleep, or go to work without being stoned - that’s a pretty clear indication that it’s become a problem. >
  
  I don’t like this way of looking at addiction because it becomes overly broad. I’m not saying it’s not a legitimate view of addiction but by that definition almost everyone in our society is an addict. At the chemical level I know plenty of people who get pretty cranky if they don’t have their coffee in the morning but at a more philosophical level who isn’t “addicted” to something. Whether it’s work, sex, sugar, food, our phones (try taking away a kids phone for 3 hours and watch the response) we are almost all a little traumatized and so we all use external things to help us cope with our lives. But I think there needs to be a distinction made between someone who will literally die or suffer immensely if they don’t get their drug (like an alcoholic or opiate addict) and someone dependent on something external to them. I think to equate them is unfair to both >
  
  And I feel you about making a distinction and don’t necessarily disagree. I would say addiction is kind of a blanket term, which is why prefacing addiction with the substance in question is an easy way to distinguish the severity and impact of the topic. Like yeah some people have a coffee addiction, some people have a meth addiction. Not the same at all but both addictions. >
  
  No no. Don't swallow weed