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Pothead = substance dependence?? edit
I think this disambiguation needs some work. A "pothead" is not necessarily, as it states, a person "addicted" to cannabis, and I don't think that the redirect should go to "substance dependence". By the way I am not a pothead! ;-) Since there seems to be no article on actual potheads (aside from the other type of pothead that is an electrical terminal), perhaps this should redirect to somewhere a little more neutral?
Also I do think that "pothead" merits it's own article... Is anyone working on that?
MsBatfish (talk) 21:25, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
- No pothead does not neccessarily mean dependence, the term generally refers to a person who is a habitual smoker. I am not sure it merits its own article though, although it could be a useful subsection in another article, such as Cannabis consumption.Meatsgains (talk) 21:29, 17 October 2011 (UTC)
Thanks Meatsgains. I agree. I just think I saw somewhere, on someone's user talk page I think it was, that someone said not to edit this page as they were planning an article, or something along those lines. I figured if that was the case that they might see this here and respond. I didn't want to step on anyone's toes. But perhaps I should change the redirect to "Cannabis Smoking" or "Cannabis Culture" instead of "Substance Dependence" for now? MsBatfish (talk) 09:43, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
Update: I changed the phrasing from "for a person addicted to Cannabis" to "for a person who regularly uses Cannabis" and changed the redirect to "Cannabis Smoking" for now. If someone can think of a more appropriate article please feel free to change it :-) I don't think "Substance Dependence" is the appropriate article, however; it is not neutral as it represents an opinion that all potheads are substance dependent, aka "drug addicts". In addiction, substance addiction is a much broader category than just people who smoke cannabis. MsBatfish (talk) 09:51, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
- Fair enough. For what it's worth, before I created the present article about the electrical device last week, this was a hard redirect to Substance Dependence (Although there appeared to be some prior shuffling of the redirect). I just pointed the disambig link to that most recent redirect target. Incidentally, regarding the neutrality question: Do cannabis users self-identify as "potheads" or is it only a derogatory term? --Theodore Kloba (talk) 17:14, 19 October 2011 (UTC)
- No one was holding you personally responsible Theodore Kloba :-) I think whether or not "pothead" is thought of as solely a derogatory term really depends on the context, the community and the region. Where I live in BC Canada, for example, I know many self-described "potheads" who have reclaimed the term and use it as a humorous badge of honor, (somewhat akin to black people using the word "nigger" or prostitutes using the word "hooker" - it really depends on the context the word is used in).
- As for neutrality, what I meant was that I didn't find the re-direct to be neutral, since I felt that it implied that all people who use Cannabis are "addicted" and "substance dependent", which is a biased viewpoint. MsBatfish (talk) 09:37, 20 October 2011 (UTC)