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554, You are behind the times
Posted by Theerkla on Wed 31-Dec-69 07:00 PM
The clinical definition of addiction has been changed by the WHO. What you are describing (which once was clinical addition) is now termed physical dependance.

As far as I know, pot neither develops physical dependance or tolerance. That isn't to say it can't be addictive. Here's a pretty interesting web page that talks about the issues (mostly in regards to pain management -http://www.whocancerpain.wisc.edu/eng/11_3/tpda.html#1