I will always disagree with that. When you allow a substance to dictate your actions it is an addiction. While it may not be a physical addiction, it certainly is a mental one.
Just because you have a different experience with it does not make it not true for others and that's a big reason on why it's so hard to regulate. There's a pretty thin line between recreational and habitual users... and you never know where you're going to fall until you do. It's the same with alcohol.
I can have a few drinks and say, 'I'm good, I've had enough'. I can easily not drink at all. It doesn't factor into any of my decisions such as, 'I'm not going unless there's beer there'. However, I know people that don't have a switch they can turn off and that there's never just one more drink for the night. Their brain will respond differently and they will continue until they can no longer physically function and pass out.
That guy couldn't cut weed out of his life for any trade-off. That is an addiction. The argument you're making is just baseless justification that only serve to enable destructive behavior in those that don't have the brain chemistry to turn it off.
I will always disagree with that. When you allow a substance to dictate your actions it is an addiction. While it may not be a physical addiction, it certainly is a mental one.
Just because you have a different experience with it does not make it not true for others and that's a big reason on why it's so hard to regulate. There's a pretty thin line between recreational and habitual users... and you never know where you're going to fall until you do. It's the same with alcohol.
I can have a few drinks and say, 'I'm good, I've had enough'. I can easily not drink at all. It doesn't factor into any of my decisions such as, 'I'm not going unless there's beer there'. However, I know people that don't have a switch they can turn off and that there's never just one more drink for the night. Their brain will respond differently and they will continue until they can no longer physically function and pass out.
That guy couldn't cut weed out of his life for any trade-off. That is an addiction. The argument you're making is just baseless justification that only serve to enable destructive behavior in those that don't have the brain chemistry to turn it off.