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Ah, there does seem to be some relating to appetite – interesting. The rest is again psychological, or from the 80s.

Got anything from this millenium and clearly physical?




Sure, from the same search, filtered by date:

> Flawed drug awareness campaigns of the 1990s claimed that cannabis could be psychologically addictive but not physically addictive like other drugs. However, cannabis does predictably cause physical dependence—the hallmarks of which are tolerance and withdrawal—and heavy users may have great difficulty in attempting to reduce or end their use, leading to compulsive, continued use and related consequences

https://focus.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.foc...


> tolerance and withdrawal

I think they mean truly physical, like DTs for alcohol, and dope sickness for heroin. You don't get those types of symptoms from MJ withdrawals.


Physiological! This is a psychiatry journal!




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