[Sociable]

Most research so far indicates there may be a small physiological dependence but for most the tobacco in a spliff is far more addictive than the cannabis. This is one reason much of the medical research is about finding less harmful forms of delivery.

At the same time distributors and dealers are now starting to adulterate cannabis with more addictive substances much the same way as the tobacco industry once did with additives to enhance the addictive power of cigarettes.

As always the answer lies mostly in the "Why" it is being taken.

The sad fact is though that some take various substances to replace something missing in their lives so breaking the dependency is largely about understanding that aspect of the problem rather than the specific substance being abused.

This again applies equally to alcohol, if not even more so, because of its more direct long-term physiological dependency links when compared to cannabis.