study claims cannabis has 20x more cancer causing materials than tobacco

But for the record, one of the effects of tobacco is higher mortality rate, decreased sense of taste and smell, emphysema, heart disease...one of the effects of cannabis is pain relief, another is stimulation of appetite, increased awareness of senses(eating, drinking, smell), creative, philosophical or deep thinking : ideas flow more easily, boring tasks or entertainment can become more interesting or funny(I've always liked this one) Annual deaths attributed to the first hand use of tobacco, 400,000. Deaths in the last century attributed to the first hand use of marijuana, 0.

I think I'll take my chances with marijuana:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by birdgirl73

I have known two people who were cigarette-level cannabis smokers. In other words, they smoked very heavily, many many joints a day. Both of those were middle-aged men. Both have now died of lung cancer. They never smoked cigarettes, either of them.

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Get out of here............. wow, I am sad and well, just sad. That is not fun. I used to defend cannabis passionately as a preventative measure regarding cancer. My whole world just crashed..... where is the bong.. :(:wtf:

It better have been the damn joint papers or I am going to be pissed

Well I must've been the only one that read the article. On one hand, it is a small sample size. However I inclined to believe the assessment of BG and that they're must be some risk.

BG, if you wouldn't mind, can you elaborate the method they used to come to this conclusion?

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"The researchers interviewed 79 lung cancer patients and sought to identify the main risk factors for the disease, such as smoking, family history and occupation. The patients were questioned about alcohol and cannabis consumption.

In this high-exposure group, lung cancer risk rose by 5.7 times for patients who smoked more than a joint a day for 10 years, or two joints a day for 5 years, after adjusting for other variables, including cigarette smoking.

"While our study covers a relatively small group, it shows clearly that long-term cannabis smoking increases lung cancer risk," wrote Beaseley.

"Cannabis use could already be responsible for one in 20 lung cancers diagnosed in New Zealand," he added.

"In the near future we may see an 'epidemic' of lung cancers connected with this new carcinogen. And the future risk probably applies to many other countries, where increasing use of cannabis among young adults and adolescents is becoming a major public health problem."

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