What is the difference between a physically addictive substance and a psychologically addictive substance?
Proponents of marijuana legalization use the argument that it is not physically addictive, only psychologically addictive. This means there are no withdrawal symptoms from abruptly quitting the use of this substance. However, anti-marijuana proponents use the argument that it is still psychologically addicting. Then, the proponents of legalization come back and say that, psychological addiction means you aren’t physically addicted, but enjoy it so much you want to do it continue doing it, such as stopping off each day for that Krispy Kreme donut; therefore marijuana is no more addicting than that early morning stop to pick up your ooey gooey guilty pleasure. So is it addictive or not? I’m confused!
