Dianne, Amarcas is not educating you. Pot is not addictive. You will not go through withdrawals with pot but you will with pain meds. You will not die using pot but with pain meds you certainly can. I've been on pain meds since 2003.  My doctor will also prescribe sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, anti-depressants but not pot. None of what he prescribes can I just quit. I have to taper off. With pot you can quit and no problem.  Don't let Amarcas scare you, he doesn't know what he's talking about.