deaths by marijuana...

It always used to scare me thinking about that resin collecting in my lungs... I mean, if they looked anything like my pipe... holy shit, you could last weeks scrapin resin from my lungs.


good thing thats not the case though.

everybody is born with cancer cells inside their body, weed increases the chance of the cells multiplying 4 times more than cigarettes. It just depends on genetics... one person might inhale once and it might trigger cancer, but most can smoke for years and not be effected until later if ever at all.

thanks people for your input been some varied answers but its all bin useful....seriously though think ive been thinking bout it for around 3-4 years lol x

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Originally Posted by statechamp3

everybody is born with cancer cells inside their body, weed increases the chance of the cells multiplying 4 times more than cigarettes. It just depends on genetics... one person might inhale once and it might trigger cancer, but most can smoke for years and not be effected until later if ever at all.

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wtf? Did you just hear "Smoking 1 joint is like smoking 4 cigs" or what? Any credible information to prove this, otherwise idiotic statment?

oh n datamatrix nice 1 i should have paid more attention in biology lol i was along the right lines

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Originally Posted by yzstoned

weed smoke also stays in the larger passage ways as ciggarette smoke goes into the tiny passage ways.

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Sure it does, anything you breathe has to go into the aveoli so it fills the whole of your lungs.

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Originally Posted by Nochowderforyou

Nope, I don't think so.

That resin doesn't stay in your lungs. Your body has a natural tendency to fight that off, but we do get a little bit of tar in it. The tar we do recieve though, isn't near as damaging as tobacco tar.

When I smoked cigs for 5yrs, I would be coughing up all kinds of goodies. I quit about 2yrs ago now and just smoke herb...no more goodies.

Smoking MJ does do some damage to your lungs, but not so much where it is life threatening in the long, or short run.

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I have to agree

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Originally Posted by statechamp3

everybody is born with cancer cells inside their body, weed increases the chance of the cells multiplying 4 times more than cigarettes. It just depends on genetics... one person might inhale once and it might trigger cancer, but most can smoke for years and not be effected until later if ever at all.

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No, not everyone is born with cancer cells, thats the most stupid statement i've ever heard. If everyone was born with cancer cells they'd be dying by the age of 10-15. Cancer is caused when something such as a chemical changes a cells DNA and changes it's function, the cell forgets when to stop multiplying/growing and where it should be in the body. Therefore a tumour(lots of dead cells) grows because the malfunctioning cell keeps multiplying and is being killed off at the same time by the body, the body usually has failsafes against cancer therefore it can kill the malfunctioning cell, but once it has multiplied enough, there is no stopping without some sort of treatment.

RIOT!!!!!

Interesting thread. :thumbsup: All the things I wanted to say, but couldn't, because I'm feeble minded. :D