how is weed used as medicine how dont people get addicted to it and overdose on it?
If you're looking for a serious answer, then weed is used as a pain reliever for people suffering from symptoms or say chronic pain or something like cancer. there are medical studies where weed has helped people with mental disorders but since weed legalization is still a new thing within the last decade, it's still really unknown how long-term weed effects do because it hasn't been long enough.
to say that "weed isn't addictive" is fucking stupid, coming from a stoner. i think weed can destroy someone as much as it can help someone if you allow it to consume you. one of the big talking points i dislike is how "weed isn't addictive bruh, i can quit anytime"
weed isn't say physically addictive as cocaine/heroin/or say crack, but you can be addicted to it like anything else.
what people don't realize is that weed can make you lazy, it can make someone feel less motivated to do work. however, i think there are exceptions to the case. i think that should be more on the part of the person themselves rather than weed
the reason why you can't overdose on weed is because the amount of weed in order to kill someone is beyond the capacity that a human being can smoke. there is a thing called "greening out" where you can feel sick from smoking weed, but it's not the same as overdosing on opiates. Unlike opioids or alcohol, cannabis affects the brain differently. The receptors it interacts with, known as
CB1 and CB2 receptors, are not located in areas of the brain that control vital functions like breathing. As a result:
- Overdose risk is extremely low: Cannabis does not depress the respiratory system like opioids or alcohol.
- High doses may lead to unpleasant effects (e.g., paranoia, anxiety, hallucinations, and vomiting), but these effects are temporary and not life-threatening in most cases.
