Dr. Matthew Hill

There's clearly some maintenance of the system that allows someone to continue to get intoxicated. And so with cannabis users, we do see that. But you do see much more profound tolerance with people using high potency extracts and concentrates and things like this.

There's clearly some maintenance of the system that allows someone to continue to get intoxicated. And so with cannabis users, we do see that. But you do see much more profound tolerance with people using high potency extracts and concentrates and things like this.

And again, surely I think as a response to the biology of hitting the system that heavily with that much, you know, THC as it comes in because they can't titrate it the same way.

And again, surely I think as a response to the biology of hitting the system that heavily with that much, you know, THC as it comes in because they can't titrate it the same way.

And again, surely I think as a response to the biology of hitting the system that heavily with that much, you know, THC as it comes in because they can't titrate it the same way.

I mean, I'm not going to play with the definition of addiction. I feel like I have enough friends in the addiction space that it's a very contentious field. So, I mean, I will try and not use that word, although I understand talking to the general public, that's kind of, you know, if you say someone has a use disorder versus an addiction, that may not make sense to them.

I mean, I'm not going to play with the definition of addiction. I feel like I have enough friends in the addiction space that it's a very contentious field. So, I mean, I will try and not use that word, although I understand talking to the general public, that's kind of, you know, if you say someone has a use disorder versus an addiction, that may not make sense to them.

I mean, I'm not going to play with the definition of addiction. I feel like I have enough friends in the addiction space that it's a very contentious field. So, I mean, I will try and not use that word, although I understand talking to the general public, that's kind of, you know, if you say someone has a use disorder versus an addiction, that may not make sense to them.

And so, I mean, an addiction is obviously a very complex thing that, again, I don't want to touch it simply because it's not my space. But that being said, there's no question that people can develop cannabis use disorder. I mean, it's definitely a thing. So if we say, is cannabis addictive in kind of a, you know, normal lay speak, I would say, yes, it is addictive. What does that look like?

And so, I mean, an addiction is obviously a very complex thing that, again, I don't want to touch it simply because it's not my space. But that being said, there's no question that people can develop cannabis use disorder. I mean, it's definitely a thing. So if we say, is cannabis addictive in kind of a, you know, normal lay speak, I would say, yes, it is addictive. What does that look like?

And so, I mean, an addiction is obviously a very complex thing that, again, I don't want to touch it simply because it's not my space. But that being said, there's no question that people can develop cannabis use disorder. I mean, it's definitely a thing. So if we say, is cannabis addictive in kind of a, you know, normal lay speak, I would say, yes, it is addictive. What does that look like?

How does that relate to other substances of abuse? I mean, certainly... the outcomes associated with it are going to be slightly different than something like opiates or alcohol, because that's a totally different beast. Because you have fatality potential, there's a whole bunch of other health consequences.

How does that relate to other substances of abuse? I mean, certainly... the outcomes associated with it are going to be slightly different than something like opiates or alcohol, because that's a totally different beast. Because you have fatality potential, there's a whole bunch of other health consequences.

How does that relate to other substances of abuse? I mean, certainly... the outcomes associated with it are going to be slightly different than something like opiates or alcohol, because that's a totally different beast. Because you have fatality potential, there's a whole bunch of other health consequences.

But if we look at how we would define a use disorder, the criteria for someone hitting cannabis use disorder is really no different than how someone would hit alcohol use disorder or opiate use disorder in the sense that It can consume their life. It can shift the way that they behave. They can put themselves in risky positions to get access to a drug.

But if we look at how we would define a use disorder, the criteria for someone hitting cannabis use disorder is really no different than how someone would hit alcohol use disorder or opiate use disorder in the sense that It can consume their life. It can shift the way that they behave. They can put themselves in risky positions to get access to a drug.

But if we look at how we would define a use disorder, the criteria for someone hitting cannabis use disorder is really no different than how someone would hit alcohol use disorder or opiate use disorder in the sense that It can consume their life. It can shift the way that they behave. They can put themselves in risky positions to get access to a drug.

It can consume their time and their energy to have it. Like you said, if they don't have access to it, it can trigger an assembly of behaviors that looks like irritability, anger, frustration, things like that. So, I mean – The numbers in terms of the conversion rate of use to developing use disorder, I would say are not entirely clear.

It can consume their time and their energy to have it. Like you said, if they don't have access to it, it can trigger an assembly of behaviors that looks like irritability, anger, frustration, things like that. So, I mean – The numbers in terms of the conversion rate of use to developing use disorder, I would say are not entirely clear.

It can consume their time and their energy to have it. Like you said, if they don't have access to it, it can trigger an assembly of behaviors that looks like irritability, anger, frustration, things like that. So, I mean – The numbers in terms of the conversion rate of use to developing use disorder, I would say are not entirely clear.