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   XPost: alt.politics.liberalism   
   From: bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com   
      
   On 04/29/2013 06:20 AM, Walter Bushell wrote:   
   > In article <517e566f.11396281@127.0.0.1>,   
   >   cynic_999@yahoo.co.uk (Cynic) wrote:   
   >   
   >> Alcohol addition (alcoholism) has physical withdrawal symptoms.   
   >> Canbis addiction does not.  It is very likely that canabis addiction   
   >> is *only* psychological - i.e. it is the same as addiction to gambling   
   >> or even thumb-sucking, and as such more akin to an OCD than to what we   
   >> normally think of as addiction.   
   >   
   > But psychology has a substrate in chemistry, including   
   > neurotransmitters and neuronic signaling. Someone deep into maryjane   
   > my have trouble functioning when in withdrawal. Same as coffee, the   
   > first 6 months to a year is the hardest and the withdrawal should only   
   > be attempted in period where one does not have responsibilities such   
   > as a job requiring thought.   
   >   
      
      
      
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