[quote]Because alcoholics realize they have a problem. And because the effects are far more noticeable in those extreme cases. Alcohol addictions harms others more than pot does with violent outbursts and whatnot. Also you know. The whole legality thing? Pot is still illegal in most states so of course there would be less people getting addicted and then going to some place and admitting they were doing something illegal.[/quote] Anything can be habitual, such as smoking pot. Alcohol causes a physical addiction with withdraws that literally convince you to drink more to offset the depression from alcohol and the many other withdrawals such as hangovers. Pot stores itself in your fat cells so that when you are "coming down" you don't get any withdraws. It's literally by definition not physically addictive- you're talking about mental addictions, which could be anything as stated above.