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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz

I agree 100%, except that wasn't the argument.
The argument wasn't what's worse for you, smoking 1 joint, or 20 cigarettes, it was is pot smoke as bad as cigarette smoke?

I've shown numbers that prove that on a 1:1 basis, they're virtually identical. All Noel has been able to provide is "Yeah, but pot is natural, so it's way better for you", and "Keep telling yourself that", it's like arguing with a 13 year old.

Of course smoking 20 times as many of something is going to be harmful, but in a straing up comparison, they're about as different as Coke and Pepsi.

There is a CPer who isa high level medical researcher specialiozing in lungs who posted quite the opposite of what you're saying last time the pot debate came up.

Actually, I PM'd him some questions:

Originally Posted by booblaoo

from 2008.

I seem to have stirred the pot a bit with my post about smoking, so I thought I'd PM you instead. Hope you don't mind. Let me know if you would like me to post in the thread, and I will.

Unfortunately weed is worse than tobacco, stick for stick. One weed "cig" is worth about 50 regular cigarettes in terms of tar, etc. One of the problems with it is the fact that it is unfiltered, other problems include the different chemicals in weed, not the least of which are things that get cut in with weed by the dealers.

I imagine everyone is different, but some people don't smoke a whole weed stick (sharing it around etc) so perhaps that lessens the blow a bit, but it is definately not good for your lungs on a long-term basis. Being a 50 to 1 ratio (which is an approximate figure), even smoking weed recreationally can hurt as much as smoking cigarettes regularly.

Like I said, I don't mind repeating this in the thread....I just felt kind of bad because some people seemed grossed out by my occupation...the dying and all....but I still love it after nearly 28 years.

Feel free to pm me if you have any other questions!

Happy New Year!