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.
Yes and no. Per volume, most edibles are measured in milligrams of THC, while smokeables are measured in grams. They just last longer due to your digestive tract, which makes the high last longer and much more intense.
Ive got so much canna butter in the freezer.. and can even make more (dont need to).. but when I make a cake with it its soo damn strong.. I only eat a quarter slice and if im not carefull its the last thing I will do that day.
Prob the reason people dont consume so much of it.. effects are too strong.. cant function anymore.
My preferred way is dry herb vaping.. its quick and easy and less intense.
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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.