Single Joint=20 Cigarettes And Huge Lung Cancer Risk: Researchers

[jolinar of malkshor]

Doctors at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand have concluded smoking a single joint is equivalent to inhaling the damaging contents of 20 regular tobacco cigarettes. And they're now worried about what they call a potential "epidemic" of lung cancer patients in current and future generations.

http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_19073.aspx

Yup, smoking marijuana is much safer than cigarettes.

[habernac]

this is news?

[MelBridgeman]

no doubt, this is something i heard years ago...

[FireFly]

I call BS. Besides which there are other, cleaner ways to smoke pot. However, it's likely going to depend on how the pot is grown.

[jolinar of malkshor]

You may have heard it years ago but pundits always brushed the claims of as unproven.

On a personal note I dont know how many people that I have talked to that think smoking marijuana is so much safer than darts.

This study was very recent.

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by FireFly

I call BS.

That some excellent scientific evidence to back up your position.

[burn_this_city]

I wonder what depth charges do..?

[Dope-AS-Fack]

What about hash or oil?

Hash is basiclly the good stuff in pot but without the actual plant, so woudl that be better?

takin this into account, I smoke about 50 smokes a day......

[nik-]

It has a lot of tar in it, but I will bet my ass that it doesn't have stuff like Benzene and Ammonia added.

I think this is an incomplete statement.

[ernie]

shocker.

[rubecube]

So what? People are more likely to go through 20 cigarettes in a day than 2 joints in two days.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

. . . what . . . marijuana . . . is . . . bad . . . wow . . . this must . . . be why . . . it is . . . illegal . . . and to think . . . I always thought . . . it was because . . . of some hidden agenda!!!


edit: just wondering if the sarcasm comes across?

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout

. . . what . . . marijuana . . . is . . . bad . . . wow . . . this must . . . be why . . . it is . . . illegal . . . and to think . . . I always thought . . . it was because . . . of some hidden agenda!!!


edit: just wondering if the sarcasm comes across?

I've never argued that it's illegal because it's bad for you, I just think it should be a matter of personal choice because it only affects the person using it (yadda, yadda, driving under the influence, etc).

[jolinar of malkshor]

Originally Posted by rubecube

I've never argued that it's illegal because it's bad for you, I just think it should be a matter of personal choice because it only affects the person using it (yadda, yadda, driving under the influence, etc).

Same with meth, coke, roids, crack, heroin.

[rubecube]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Same with meth, coke, roids, crack, heroin.

Disagree with those because of the social problems caused by their addictiveness.

[Got Miikka?]

Put me in the 'meh' category.

PS Nice one fotze.

[burn_this_city]

I should probably convince my doctor to give me an annual chest xray for the next few years.. I recently quit both, cigarettes 3 years ago, weed a few months ago.. I'd hate to think what the combined has done over the last 8 years or so..

[blankall]

Originally Posted by jolinar of malkshor

Same with meth, coke, roids, crack, heroin.

adiction to these drugs has an effect on everyone around them, not just the user. These drugs do not deserve to be mentioned in the same sentence as marijuana

[burn_this_city]

The weed around here is pretty addictive.. I smoked for a long time and couldnt believe the withdrawl I went through.. Waking up 5 times a night with crackhead cold sweats, manic-depression... The actually craving isn't that bad.. Its everything else..

[Got Miikka?]

...and as usual people on all sides of the issue argue vehemently in some vain hope of causing a bunch of defectors.

Fun fact: someone cut a Budget rental car bumper sticker and rearranged it so that it said getBud. I thought that was amusing.