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No, "cannabis use disorder" does not seem to be a medical euphemism for any consumption of cannabis at all.


No not what none what now?

> In the 2013 revision for the DSM-5, DSM-IV abuse and dependence were combined into cannabis use disorder. The legal problems criterion (from cannabis abuse) has been removed, and the craving criterion was newly added, resulting in a total of eleven criteria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_use_disorder

You're trying to refute something I didn't say. I said that "cannabis abuse" became "cannabis use disorder" which is less offensive to pot addicts, but also contains two extra syllables, does that make sense?




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