“420 Campaign – Top Ten Reasons Marijuana Should Be Legal”. High Times. March 13th, 2007 – “marijuana is not nearly as addictive as alcohol or tobacco. It is unfair and unjust to treat marijuana users more harshly under the law than the users of alcohol or tobacco.”
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“But isn’t marijuana addictive?”. National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws. Retrieved 2.19.08 – Substantial research exists regarding marijuana and addiction. While the scientific community has yet to achieve full consensus on this matter, the majority of epidemiological and animal data demonstrate that the reinforcing properties of marijuana in humans is low in comparison to other drugs of abuse, including alcohol and nicotine. According to the U.S. Institute of Medicine (IOM), fewer than one in 10 marijuana smokers become regular users of the drug, and most voluntary cease their use after 34 years of age. By comparison, 15 percent of alcohol consumers and 32 percent of tobacco smokers exhibit symptoms of drug dependence.
In 1972, President Richard Nixon commissioned the National Commission on Marihuana and Drug Abuse to produce an in-depth report on marijuana. The report, entitled “Marihuana: A Signal of Misunderstanding,” reviewed existing marijuana studies and concluded that marijuana does not cause physicial addiction.[2]