• Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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      9 days ago

      If we want to worry about addicts, maybe we should worry about all of the sugar addicts, considering obesity is a much bigger problem when it comes to all sorts of things in society, especially our healthcare system.

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        9 days ago

        Sugar, ultraprocessed food, shopping/overconsumption, porn, gambling. Lots of normal things condoned by our society can be addictive for a segment of the population.

      • 1985MustangCobra@lemmy.ca
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        9 days ago

        Right, but detracting from the point isn’t very productive. Weed does have the opportunity to be addicting. Now that the world is leading towards more open use of it, hopefully we can do more research and better understand how things work.

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          This is honestly one of the saddest parts about all of this. 80+ years of scientific research that we could have been doing. All of the treatments and medicines that we’d likely have…

          Every single time we learn something new and positive about a chemical in cannabis, I can’t help but think that we should have known this shit for decades…

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldOP
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          9 days ago

          Absolutely, do the research. But don’t pretend like this is the big addiction problem that must be solved.

      • BlueFootedPetey@sh.itjust.works
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        The sugar problem is wild. And I’ll admit iv beens in it’s clutches a lot longer than weed. Also I’m still happy with weed, and while I am trying to cut back on the sugars wholly shit it’s so much harder than weed. Or booze, which I also enjoy and struggle with.