Weed is addictive and those who maintain its not are in a deep state of denial

The stoner rage screaming that weed is a magical psychoactive substance but its NOT addictive at all is idiocy

Its obvious that its highly addictive for some people and the addiction level is a spectrum, similar to alcohol...

People use it for emotional and mental zone out and numbing themselves, and depend on it daily to function

Its a common story amongst those who attempted to break the habit that they experienced "withdrawl" symptoms

and then have to face the reality; you're a drug addict and you need a psychoactive substance to function.

-There's also the myriad anecdotal stories of people starting a weed habit and becoming a lazy, mentally burned out shell of their former selves

Many such cases