The lack of understanding about cannabis from the folks that live in the state of Tennessee is staggering. you guys are not getting the education because the state is so strict in it's substance laws. Cannabis is habituating, it is not addictive. You can kick it if you go a few weeks without, and yes that can be difficult, but no worse than anything else in life, and certainly easier than kicking alcohol. You're mind makes it's own cannabinoids, just like the stuff in cannabis. When you artificially introduce these cannabinoids into your system on a regular basis your brain goes "wait a second, we have too much of this stuff" and it shuts down production. When you quit smoking your brain is no longer making these cannabinoids and you feel like you are going without. Cannabinoids are chemicals that relax you and control stress so you get agitated and angry easily for a few weeks. After that you're brain goes "wait a second, we don't have enough of this stuff" and begins production again. Then you no longer feel the physical need for cannabis.
In addiction your brain is altered and unable to repair itself. You then have a brain disease that needs help beyond what you are able to control. You spiral out of control.
and now you know.