I think the biggest factor of addiction (To any drug) is the personality of the individual.
For example, all the way through Highschool I was asked many times To try alcohol, Cigerettes, and Canibis.
My Parents had always made it clear that while they did not really want me drinking as long as I was sensible It didnt matter, they also didnt seem to have any qualms with drugs even though they dont take them (To my Knowledge), My Mum smokes so it would be extremeley two faced for her to object IMO but she never did.
The result, Both Me and my sister only drink when We go out (Social Drinkers) Dont smoke and dont use canibis (OR anything harder), I tried canibis once for the experience and it really didnt do anything for me so I never bothered taking it again, My sister experimented a lot more than me but the end result is the same.
Oddly enough I dont even drink much now when I go out, this is mostly because I normally need to drive (well ride actually but basicly the same) to wherever im going so I just make do on Diet Coke
My Friend on the other hand, he was (To my knowledge) never really asked through highschool to try Alcohol or any of the others mentioned, and his parents where very strict against them.
He first got asked during his second year of college and I guess you could say addiction hit him hard since now he drinks on an extremeley regular basis (Will buy a six pack Just to play on his PC, is that normal?) chain Smokes (on about 40 a day I would say) Seems to blow his monthly wages buying weed and I heard from another friend that he does harder things now.
Though he has always had an addictive personality, basicly anything you could get addicted to when we where younger he did.
Myself & My sister dont really have addictive personalities, I'd say the only thing im addicted to is my PC and even then I dont think im addicted I could take it or leave it (dont most addicts say that though? wich makes me wonder
) the only thing I would say my sister is addicted to is Bitching (But I think that applies to a lot of women I know anyway :p )
What does reclassifiying Cannibis as Class 'C' imply anyway?