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Old 12-29-2019, 11:14 AM   #1579 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by OccultHawk View Post
I think we need new vocabulary for the word addiction

Calling a heavy weed habit an addiction like it rivals alcoholism

Meh. I’m not accusing you of doing that but I am saying I don’t consider weed addictive in the way that I define addiction

I think the comedian who said no one sucks dick for weed hit the nail on the head
I think calling it an addiction is valid, it's just that most people have an extreme image of what addiction is in their head. Describing it as a compulsion would probably make more sense to those people.
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