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Kratos:

--- Quote ---SAN FRANCISCO — Smoking a joint from time to time won't damage the lungs, even after years of drug use, according to a study led by University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) researchers that disproves one of the major concerns about marijuana — that smoking it must be just as risky as lighting up a cigarette.
The study, results of which were published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association, found the lung capacity of people who smoked pot was not diminished by regular toking, even in those who smoked once or twice a week.
Only heavy marijuana users — those who smoked 20 or more joints a month — saw a negative impact on the pulmonary system, but that level of marijuana use is unusual, researchers said.
In fact, they said, it may be that marijuana smoke doesn't affect lung function the way tobacco does simply because people don't smoke as many joints as they do cigarettes.
The results should reassure doctors and patients who are considering using marijuana for medical care, primarily to ease pain and nausea, said Dr. Mark Pletcher, a UCSF epidemiologist and lead author of the study.
 
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Who wants to smoke some joint with me?

source: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2017206149_potlung11.html

major:
Wait is this new? They taught us this in health in High school. There will always be BREAKING news on drugs and sex, just cause everyone does/want to do them.

terps4life90:
Sorry If this comes off rude osaeed2k9, but that is the dumbest shit i have ever heard. Your putting smoke in your lungs, Period. Therefore, fucking your lungs up. Taking 1 hit of weed is like smoking 1 full pack of cigarettes. Whoever submitted that information out to be smacked with a shovel. Im pretty sure the guy who did got his PHD from a cereal box.

V!NCENT:
Hahahaha! I can see what you did there xD



Same goes for:
-LSD (no damage, unless you OD ofcourse);
-MDMA (no damage if usage is 1-2mg/kg_body_weight per 2-3months).


All other drugs like heroin, crack, ghb and meth I wouldn't take. Coke is as far as I can tell not realy damaging if you don't take it every month, unless for your nose, but then again I know few about cocain.


I stopped smoking weed when I couldn't sleep anymore without it. Otherwise also perfectly legal to buy and smoke here. We can even grow our own, but dealing it and growing more than 5 plants per household is illegal.

V!NCENT:

--- Quote from: terps4life90 on January 12, 2012, 12:35:33 am ---Your putting smoke in your lungs, Period.
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You mean fine dust. Yeah... same when you walk past a driven car...

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