Tobacco is highly addictive and carcinogenic. Marijuana doesn't cause physical withdrawals, and while certainly isn't good for your health, it does not cause lung cancer and emphysema anywhere close to the rates of tobacco.
Sure, not like some drugs - but if you are dependent it absolutely causes physical withdrawals.
It's not quite caffeine withdrawal, but it's also nothing like alcohol (which can kill you) or nicotine withdrawal.
[1] https://drugabusestatistics.org/alcohol-abuse-statistics/
[2] https://www.uptodate.com/contents/cannabis-withdrawal?topicR...
Reddit is also not a source for anything, but it does confirm that my anecdotal evidence is not limited to my friend circle: https://www.reddit.com/r/leaves/comments/10vgauo/why_does_no....
You FEEL getting high and when you had enough. If you get too high, you stop. There is no overdose.
I am sure no normal people drink vodka just like beer, thinking they are both similarly alcoholic drinks. Not even accidentally. Of course, if you want to abuse, you can. In both cases. But that is your conscious choice.
Consuming too much of an edible is pretty much the default outside of high quality dining experiences -- quality control from edible to edible is terrible and nobody weighs before they eat. And I'm not sure what dispensary you're going to where they give you dosage advice unasked for, it's abnormal in the extreme.
> You FEEL getting high and when you had enough. If you get too high, you stop. There is no overdose.
No, especially with edibles, the effect is delayed. It's true that you stop when you've had too much, but by then some portion of the population will experience psychosis, anxiety, etc. Not ideal, and very hard to protect against the next time, because again, edible quality control is terrible and everything is dosed at least 10% too high.
> I am sure no normal people drink vodka just like beer, thinking they are both similarly alcoholic drinks. Not even accidentally. Of course, if you want to abuse, you can. In both cases. But that is your conscious choice.
That's the whole point. They don't, because the distinction is clear. With marijuana products, it's not.
But even if it didn’t, I still struggle to understand what is the problem with taking too much THC once. You’ll have a bad time and next time you’ll have less or none. No real harm, no long term damage, no addiction. Getting drunk on vodka once will not make me more likely to have hard drinks when beer is not available. I will simply have less of the stronger product.
This isn’t true. It was a lie peddled by pro legalization groups. Some physical symptoms include cold sweats and diarrhea but there are plenty of others and the psychological symptoms are worse (terrible nightmares and anxiety.)
https://www.healthline.com/health/marijuana-withdrawal#sympt...