In the case of Tobacco, a dopaminergic vicious cycle is raging that makes the person reach for a cig. Similarly for alcohol or in general “dope” as defined below:. It is not a “I WANT this“ for my health but the mental autopilot impelling the person to reach for cigs or booze, in case of abusable substances called “dope” among which marijuana CANNOT be counted since it has a primarily Norepinephrine-boosting effect rather than dopamine boosting affect which is the necessity if a substance is abusable “dope” … dope is addictive, weed is not dope, and weed is not addictive in the dope" type of addiction — combat dope, rather than taking a “drugs” misdefinition for an idiotic zombie policy and throwing the baby (weed) out with the bathwater (“drugs” misdefinition, dope nevertheless always smashes in). So what is dope? Whatever boosts DOPaminergic systems, is dope.
Cigs and drugs (apart from weed) can be called addictions since 1. The user does not choose of his own free will (as in marijuana) to start this substance; instead, they cig/coke addiction linked dopamine bio systems biochemically impel the user to reach out for the substance; the chemical imbalance (nicotine low etc.) neuro-electrically impels the owner’s psychosystems to reach out for more of dope, thus it is not a conscious choice. So it is not so much about “user” than (brain) ”used”. It is logical to use the term “dope” for nicotine & coca/cocaine and to cite a classic case, opiates, about which is said: “ Research suggests that stimulation of opiate receptors by morphine results in feelings of reward and activates the pleasure circuit by causing greater amounts of dopamine to be released within the nucleus accumbens.” — but not for weed, because “dope”-class drugs stimulate the dopamine systems whereas weed stimulates the functionally opposite Norepi systems; weed relaxes dopa systems towards baseline, so it is not “dope” (dopamine (stimulation) type of substance). On the other hand, heroin, cocaine/coke, and cigs are all “dope”. 2. In the long run, drugs apart from weed critically destabilize systems if they are removed from body system (whereas in weed only a (barely) tolerable inefficacy induction in systems for all systems is seen, in other drugs inc. cigs and alcohol it is major, as a general rule)*
When you quit weed… What happens is that all bodily systems come back to the “normal” (without weed) i.e. inefficient level. You have a very minor insomnia for less than a week and your immunity is rocked with a slight nasal congestion perhaps. And you feel bad for a few days. But then you reconcile with the no-weed life and grudgingly accept the relatively dreary existence which most (who dont smoke weed) undergo. It is not so colourful, that’s why you want weed as a nutrient and must legalize it. Smoking marijuana is like drinking water (nutrient input), whereas smoking cigarettes is the dfefinition of ADDICTION, comparable to throwing fuel into a fire in the brain (that can be present in non cig smokers too e.g. depression, baldness, dementia patients, ocd, people addicted to dangerous levels of nosiness and rote muggation etc). There is simply no comparison. Of course you will suffer if water is denied to you. and you will therefore seek it, that’s a logical reason why people don’t like to be cut off from marijuana. Of course you can live like a mad monk on little water, but do you want to do it? Similarly, weed users don’t want to be without weed. They can, i have tried, for 6 months, 4 months, after a decade+ of medium-heavy use of weed. But those were the most boring phases of my life, fuck it.
Point 3 qualifying marijuana as a nutrient rather than drug is a permanent increase in efficacy of critical and qualitative body systems (e.g. lungs) is induced by weed unlike with other substances.
Many people are scared of the very idea of smoking weed, seeing it as an unnatural process that exposes the lungs to harm. That idea by itself is absurd, because it is the same basic process as smelling a flower, nothing unnatural about it. Now you wouldn’t want to be smelling toxic flowers, that’s why, keep away from tobacco.