Another reason to legalize the marijuana.

[Darthphere]

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Study finds no marijuana link to lung cancer

By Deena Beasley Tue May 23, 9:40 PM ET

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Marijuana smoking does not increase a person's risk of developing lung cancer, according to the findings of a new study at the University of California Los Angeles that surprised even the researchers.
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They had expected to find that a history of heavy marijuana use, like cigarette smoking, would increase the risk of cancer.

Instead, the study, which compared the lifestyles of 611 Los Angeles County lung cancer patients and 601 patients with head and neck cancers with those of 1,040 people without cancer, found no elevated cancer risk for even the heaviest pot smokers. It did find a 20-fold increased risk of lung cancer in people who smoked two or more packs of cigarettes a day.

The study results were presented in San Diego on Tuesday at a meeting of the American Thoracic Society.

The study was confined to people under age 60 since baby boomers were the most likely age group to have long-term exposure to marijuana, said Dr. Donald Tashkin, senior researcher and professor at the UCLA School of Medicine.

The results should not be taken as a blank check to smoke pot, which has been associated with problems like cognitive impairment and chronic bronchitis, said Dr. John Hansen-Flaschen, chief of pulmonary and critical care at the University of Pennsylvania Health System in Philadelphia. He was not involved in the study.

Previous studies showed marijuana tar contained about 50 percent more of the chemicals linked to lung cancer, compared with tobacco tar, Tashkin said. In addition, smoking a marijuana joint deposits four times more tar in the lungs than smoking an equivalent amount of tobacco.

"Marijuana is packed more loosely than tobacco, so there's less filtration through the rod of the cigarette, so more particles will be inhaled," Tashkin said in a statement. "And marijuana smokers typically smoke differently than tobacco smokers -- they hold their breath about four times longer, allowing more time for extra fine particles to deposit in the lung."

He theorized that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, a chemical in marijuana smoke that produces its psychotropic effect, may encourage aging, damaged cells to die off before they become cancerous.

Hansen-Flaschen also cautioned a cancer-marijuana link could emerge as baby boomers age and there may be smaller population groups, based on genetics or other factors, still at risk for marijuana-related cancers.

Yet cigarettes are ok.

 

[Maxwell Smart]

He theorized that tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, a chemical in marijuana smoke that produces its psychotropic effect, may encourage aging, damaged cells to die off before they become cancerous.

So I guess that negates the affects of the tars?

"And marijuana smokers typically smoke differently than tobacco smokers -- they hold their breath about four times longer, allowing more time for extra fine particles to deposit in the lung."

A lot of marijuana smokers(including a "friend of mine", wink wink) prefer to always smoke from a bong, which filters out most of the tars anyway.

 

[tzarinna]

I don't need a reason

 

[Darthphere]

I don't need a reason

I like the way you think.

 

[Kritish]

Bongs are much safer.

 

[Maxwell Smart]

Bongs are much safer.

werd.

Every time I hear somebody talk about how a joint is so much worse than a cigarette I get the urge to ring their neck. "haven't you ever heard of a BONG??"

Of course nowadays alot of young people smoke blunts because they think its cool. IMO its ****ing up both products, the cigar and the weed.

 

[Darthphere]

Why did i call it the marijuana?

 

[Maxwell Smart]

I dunno but it made me chuckle a bit.

 

[Kritish]

werd.

Every time I hear somebody talk about how a joint is so much worse than a cigarette I get the urge to ring their neck. "haven't you ever heard of a BONG??"

Of course nowadays alot of young people smoke blunts because they think its cool. IMO its ****ing up both products, the cigar and the weed.

It looks like something I craped this Tuesday.

 

[Darthphere]

It looks like something I craped this Tuesday.

Did you smoke that too?

 

[Kritish]

Did you smoke that too?

Yeah.

 

[PLAS]

I don't need a reason

why not?

 

[PLAS]

I'm more into the joint thing, but if the bong is better, then we'll have to make the sacrafice

 

[Maxwell Smart]

I'm more into the joint thing, but if the bong is better, then we'll have to make the sacrafice

Better yet, put down the money for a Vaporizer if you really wanna be health concious.

Either way, its legal for YOU now. Lucky beaner.

Guys, this may sound crazy, but I think I'm going to try to sneak INTO Mexico.

"Bush's guest worker program combined with the Mexican government's legalisation of drugs for personal use will create a new phenomenom in which you have a constant flow of people going from Mexico into the United States who want to work, and a constant flow of people going from the United States into Mexico who DON'T want to work.. they'll wonder around for awhile, buy a few Slurpees, and eventually empty out into the Carribean"

(LmAO)

 

[War Lord]

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Yet cigarettes are ok.

another reason to legalize marijuana is because it gives me job security, since I don't use the stuff.

 

[PLAS]

Better yet, put down the money for a Vaporizer if you really wanna be health concious.

Either way, its legal for YOU now. Lucky beaner.

Guys, this may sound crazy, but I think I'm going to try to sneak INTO Mexico.

"Bush's guest worker program combined with the Mexican government's legalisation of drugs for personal use will create a new phenomenom in which you have a constant flow of people going from Mexico into the United States who want to work, and a constant flow of people going from the United States into Mexico who DON'T want to work.. they'll wonder around for awhile, buy a few Slurpees, and eventually empty out into the Carribean"

(LmAO)

and to think I haven't smoked in all week

 

[PLAS]

another reason to legalize marijuana is because it gives me job security, since I don't use the stuff.

huh?

 

[tzarinna]

why not?

I miss it, the company I work for does drug testing on the fly. They don't send you to a facility, they whip out a swab.

 

[War Lord]

huh?

Many occupations ban use of the stuff, because it compromises a person's ability to do the job.

Heavy duty machinery and such.

 

[Kritish]

Is just pot legal now in Mexico or is everything?

 

[Lackey]

I miss it, the company I work for does drug testing on the fly. They don't send you to a facility, they whip out a swab.

what do they do with the swab?

 

[Maxwell Smart]

Many occupations ban use of the stuff, because it compromises a person's ability to do the job.

Heavy duty machinery and such.

And some jobs almost require it.

Such as being a Chef, which is what I'm going to be.

 

[tzarinna]

I like the way you think.

My thoughts would be clearer if I had some.

 

[PLAS]

I miss it, the company I work for does drug testing on the fly. They don't send you to a facility, they whip out a swab.

a healthy diet, constant excercise, drinking lots of water and home made veet juices are a natural detoxifier

besides, thc is flushed by the system pretty quick

 

[Kritish]

a healthy diet, constant excercise, drinking lots of water and home made veet juices are a natural detoxifier

besides, thc is flushed by the system pretty quick

I used to carry a small vial of my clean urine to work for random drug tests.