Most people say Marijuana is not addictive. When they say this, they mean it is not physically addictive because it does not have withdrawal symptoms like other physically addicting drugs do. HOWEVER, new research suggests that may not be the case. Although the withdrawal symptoms are mild compared to drugs like Nicotine, Cocaine and Heroine or even Caffeine, they do still exist in some people.
In this clip of the UCLA BrainSPORT Podcast Cannabis episode, Adel and Maddie Katz Professor and Vice-Chair of Clinical Affairs in the UCLA Department of Psychiatry, Dr. Thomas Strouse, discuss the effects of Cannabis on mental health and whether Cannabis is an addictive substance.
(watch 6:12 first then watch whole video)
History of legal Marijuana use = wikipedia VIDEO: Marijuana...the truth = Steven Crowder
Cost Benefit Analysis = ritzhotls.com Cost of Legalized Recreational Marijuana = International Business
ARTICLE: Comparison "cost of Alcohol vs Marijuana" = Washington Post
VIDEO: 12 Interesting Facts about Marijuana = Infographics show 2015 but VERY Accurate still
Link to Psychosis delays legalization in England The motley fool Dec 2015
8 things to know about legal pot = Fox48/CNN 2016
9 things you need to ask about Marijuana but were too stoned to ask = VOX.com 2014
Marijuana’s march towards mainstream confounds feds = yahoo news July 2013
Marijuana-relatively safe with some effects = VOX.com
potentially bad news for recreational Marijuana movement = December 2014
GRAPH: Majority of Americans support legal Marijuana = VOX.com
State by State Marijuana laws = NORML
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