It's not dependency in the same way that caffeine, alcohol, adderall, etc. cause dependency.
Why not? Sure, we're talking psychological dependency, not metabolical dependency, but still
s/melantonin/cocaine/
s/sleep/energy/
and your argument still works exactly the same way.
Cocaine and melatonin aren't really comparable. There are a lot of reasons why you wouldn't want to take cocaine, including price, legality, negative side effects, undesirable neurological changes, etc. Cocaine use also develops a tolerance and has withdrawal symptoms. On the other hand, melatonin is very cheap, usually legal, rarely has side effects, doesn't develop a tolerance, and doesn't have any withdrawal symptoms.
Pretending you can assign easy numbers to "sleep quality" and "energy level," my argument goes something like: Be...
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