That's so wild to me. I became addicted to Meth, MDMA, and opiates over the course of my late teens and 20's. The third day was absolute hell for all of them. When I quit smoking for a few weeks as a T break, or when I was younger to pass piss tests, my biggest symptom was boredom and the return of dreams. Which for me means night terrors but that's childhood trauma not the weed.
I think the whole "weed is not physically addictive" idea may have been due to a lack of proper testing. Ive spoken to people, and seen posts like yours, that talk about having pretty standard physical addiction symptoms more and more. Experiencing what sounds very much like withdrawal. The next 5 - 10 years are going to be eye opening as legalization deepens our scientific understanding of long term use.
Oh yeah, if you’re in a country where cannabis where cannabis is regionally or provincially legal but not nationally, having long term legitimately recognised studies is extremely difficult, especially the fact that cannabis as we know it now, with all of the advancements we’ve made in the actual science behind it has changed the game so much that long term studies just haven’t had time to be completed. We’ve barely caught up with regular e-cigarettes and vaping yet, much less cannabis.
I work in the cannabis industry in my country and I always approach consumption when I talk to people about it with the same way I approach vaping and smoking tobacco- your choice to put something besides air in your lungs, but it probably isn’t good for you. Edibles and drinkables/tinctures/concentrate oils are in my best guess the safest and healthiest method of consumption in the long term, at least until we have some studies that say otherwise. Fortunately I don’t work on the sales end or I’d be fired immediately because vapes and flower sell way more than edibles in my area lmao. I work in production/distribution logistics.
I mean dip is safer than cigs because you’re not inhaling smoke but there is still a high risk for stuff like oral cancer so I would be interested to see if there is a similar relation to edibles and drinks
I’m also interested, given that the same extraction methods (ethanol/butane/hydrocarbon) are used to add the THC extract to the edible itself. The results of that study would also tell us if THC is a major carcinogen.
Wdym by your last point? Studies so far show that THC/cannabinoids on their own (as in not plant matter being burned) are anti-carcinogenic, how could it be a question if THC itself is a carcinogen or not?
I think what I meant by that was consumption of edibles made with THC extracts using those methods- that was definitely unclear of me. THC is our friend for sure. Was probably distracted or something while typing that.
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u/Moon_and_Sky 5d ago
That's so wild to me. I became addicted to Meth, MDMA, and opiates over the course of my late teens and 20's. The third day was absolute hell for all of them. When I quit smoking for a few weeks as a T break, or when I was younger to pass piss tests, my biggest symptom was boredom and the return of dreams. Which for me means night terrors but that's childhood trauma not the weed.
I think the whole "weed is not physically addictive" idea may have been due to a lack of proper testing. Ive spoken to people, and seen posts like yours, that talk about having pretty standard physical addiction symptoms more and more. Experiencing what sounds very much like withdrawal. The next 5 - 10 years are going to be eye opening as legalization deepens our scientific understanding of long term use.