So apparently there is a study that says if you are a frequent tanner in tanning salons, you are more likely to be addicted to pot and alcohol.  1. Pot can be abused, but you can’t get addicted.  2. I can see someone really liking tanning, but how can you be addicted to something that has no withdrawal effects?  There is no shakes or vomiting if you miss a session of tanning… right?

Indoor tanning creates addicts, and college students hooked on artificial sunbathing use more pot and booze than their unaddicted counterparts, researchers say. Fifty of 229 subjects were considered clinically addicted to tanning as well as alcohol and drugs, but the results didn’t isolate a cause-and-effect relationship, Reuters notes. Whether getting hooked on artificial rays or genuine controlled substances, users go through “a similar addictive process,” Bloomberg reports.

A rep for an industry trade group questioned the results. ” They’re labeling this as an addiction to attract your attention, the media’s attention,” he said. “but whether it is useful science, I think the jury is very much out on it. “

I guess just under 22% of people who sunbathe are addicts? What a small amount and a stupid statistic. You could question just normal people and get a higher percentage of people who like to smoke weed and drink alcohol.

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