John Wilde:
Simon T.:
Could you elaborate on that? I started again using cannabis on and off a few months ago. It's habit forming for sure, but not in a very explicit way. It's subtle, but still. There is something about the thought of using cannabis which contain a projection of the feeling.
It often escapes notice, but people also develop an addiction to the small amount of tobacco they mix with. If you find yourself craving cannabis, and you think of having it without tobacco, is it still as appealing, or do you find you could take it or leave it? In my case: take it or leave it.
I use a vaporizer so I don't mix with tobacco (I'm a health conscious druggie). I think strains high in THC might be more problematic, as they tend to activate an identification thought process. A kind of mental delusion that the experience that we are having is good, that the food is good, that weed is great, and so forth. I have medical strains high in CBD which don't give any high but have a painkiller and anxiolitic effect. It seems relatively ok to be used in equanimity but I notice there are important negative effects in the dark night than generally outweight the benefits.
I have been using some nicotine gums almost daily for a few months to alleviate some terrible headache I get sometimes. I was never a smoker but I knew nicotine had effect. I was worried it would become addicting and surprisingly, and don't notice any signs of addictions. By this, I mean the thought of using nicotine doesn't arise if I don't get the headache (which are improving). It's possible that the slow delivery of the nicotine over 30 minutes, and the fact that there is no hand movement and instant-reward to form an habit, lower the addictive effect.