Although it seems like one of those completely obvious things, a recent study suggests that marijuana “may also reduce emotional pain.”
However, study authors say:
[t]his may reflect a poor way of coping…Avoiding social pain by smoking pot is not unlike taking antacids to relieve stomach pain, as opposed to addressing its root cause.
And if you think of the antacid example, your body eventually becomes dependent on their use, releasing acid in anticipation of receiving relief. In the same way, if you smoke pot because you’re lonely, eventually your body becomes dependent upon marijuana to hide, mask, or dissipate those lonely feelings, causing them to continually rear their head.
In other words, all those people who keep saying weed is in no way addictive are completely full of shit.
