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Study: Pot doesn't harm lungs like tobacco does
namajnaG:
--- Quote from: terps4life90 on January 12, 2012, 12:35:33 am ---Taking 1 hit of weed is like smoking 1 full pack of cigarettes.
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I believe this is a myth, Because if it was actually true, I would have lung cancer by now. I've been an asthmatic since the age of 18 months and I've been smoking herb for almost four years on a daily basis or almost, And my lungs are doing very well. Although if I stay in a room with a person smoking a cigarette, I need to take my medication, Else I'm having a hard time breathing. I've been in a cigarette smoke free home for eight months and I haven't took my medication a single time, But I've been smoking pot indoors ever since I got here, And I'm doing great.
Besides, If it would be legal, I think the U.S. economy would be in a better state, As hemp and cannabis is a massive pile of money and a very important resource, But I guess the government is too blind to see that if pot was regulated and used as paper/oil/fuel or was sold in convenience stores for smokers, They not only would make a ton of money, But that would also stop a pointless drug war that costs millions every year and that only send people to jail or death over a kilo of marijuana or a few plants in someone's backyard or closet. Now don't get me wrong, Fighting against heroin/cocaine/methamphetamine dealers are a good thing, But pot dealers/growers?
I know that there are some irresponsible pot smokers out there, But I am not one, I am not a criminal, Nor a bad person. I'm simply someone that consumes an harmless substance just like any of us drinks a beer after work or have a cigarette after lunch.
Kratos:
--- Quote from: terps4life90 on January 12, 2012, 12:35:33 am ---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.
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No need to apologize. I also believe this is bullshit. It just creates an addiction and too much of it isnt good.
Heck too much of anything isnt good.
Mangley:
--- Quote from: terps4life90 on January 12, 2012, 12:35:33 am ---Taking 1 hit of weed is like smoking 1 full pack of cigarettes.
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This is what's full of shit.
Smoke isn't all the same. Yes, smoke is smoke and all smoke is essentially harmful for the lungs. Just how harmful depends entirely what's burning. Generally all smoke is bad, but certain chemicals can be much more harmful to the body if smoked (or just consumed in general). In many ways weed is actually safer to smoke than tobacco because it's illegal to grow it in so many places and as a result it's often grown indoors in people's cupboards or greenhouses it's not going to be treated with pesticides and is therefore exponentially safer to smoke than tobacco that's grown on plantations and hosed with pesticides every week. That's not even counting the number of additives and carcinogens that they shove into cigarettes.
Marijuana does have health benefits, much like other plants like aloe vera. Tobacco is overall much more harmful for you, with or without additives.
Legality is a completely arbitrary issue. As far as history is concerned tobacco was an industry before science could prove how dangerous it was. That's why it's legal today, the only reason.
terps4life90:
Check this out fellas.
http://www.justthinktwice.com/factsfiction/fiction_marijuana_is_harmless.html
mbsurfer:
--- Quote from: terps4life90 on January 12, 2012, 06:17:01 am ---Check this out fellas.
http://www.justthinktwice.com/factsfiction/fiction_marijuana_is_harmless.html
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