Reply #57: Not physically addictive...

[rbnyc]

However, someone would have to work pretty hard to prove that it is an anti-depressant, that it cures cancer or that it grows brain cells.

Anecdotal evidence is really meaningless, but regarding the addictive factor, I'll add mine. I have been addicted to a variety of physically addictive substances, the hardest of these to quit has been sugar! (I still struggle to keep my sugar consumption within healthy limits.) The second hardest was nicotine. (I haven't had a cigarette in almost 13 years, but it was a bitch!) From the ages of 15 to 30-something, I was a daily pot smoker. When I decided to start trying to get pregnant, I quit. I just quit. It was not difficult at all, and I had no physical side effects from going cold turkey.