Does Weed Really Harm You??

even if it hasnt been proven, and even if there are other, non marijuana related facts that contradict this...


marijuana is in absolutely no way harmful to your health, unless you choke on it, or try to inhale the solid bud... in which case, you deserve to die from your stupidity anyways.

it is in no way harmful to your lungs more than the way a stiff sponge is harmful to your skin. less if anything.
it cures all symptoms of disease, rather than masking them like pharmacuticals, and with no adverse side effects. it does not cure the disease itself however, except in the case of tumors/mild cancer ;)
it contains all the essential amino acids found only in meat and soy beans/tofu, and given the munchies effect, you would be able to eat your fill of vegetables and never have to touch meat again.

EVERYTHING AGAINST POT IS A BOLD FACED LIE USED BY THE CORPERATIONS SO AS TO KEEP THEIR PRODUCTS IN USE, AND KEEP US IN THEIR CONTROLL, VIA CURRENCY.

I don't think the person who originally postedin this thread got much help out of this O.o

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but propaganda really does harm you

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Originally Posted by Snowman450

I'm so lost.... i hear so many different things about weed and it's affects. :confused: I hear that it causes cancer in the lungs, then i hear that all the bad crap is expelled in the mucus, so all u do is just spit alot to keep the lungs clean. Which is true??

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Out of the 3,000 years of medicinal recorded use there is not one documented case of lung cancer. Doctors and scientists in the 70's predicted there to be 1,000's of cases by the year 2,000 yet not one has occured! Dr. Tashkin of the UCLA is being funded by the government to study the affects of cannabis and the pulmonary area and he presented in 2006 that either it doesn't do anything at all, or has some sort of protective affect. People have developed problems from smoking as I hear (coughing, weezing, hocking up tar) yet none are permanent. Symptoms dissapear when smoking is disscontinued.:rasta:

Well, I may not be as well versed as some on the subject but I have to agree with those who say inhaling ANY kind of smoke isnt good for your lungs... Though from what I read it does seem cigarette smoke is much worse (atleast as far as cancer is concerned)... But (with mj) you're still putting a bunch of tar and other shit in a place it isnt suppose to be...

IMO, as long as you're not a heavy chronic smoker you should be good... If you do like to smoke a lot I think a vaporizer is a must... I heard the best is the Volcano. They are $500 - $600 bucks for the unit and you also need to replace the bags every now and then but everyone I heard who smoked out of them LOVED it. Needless to say I've seen the light and will be buying one in the near future.

holy shit theres a whole hell of a lot of false information in this thread.....holy fuck.......please just read the FAQ here instead

http://www.norml.org/

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Originally Posted by invision

holy shit theres a whole hell of a lot of false information in this thread.....holy fuck.......please just read the FAQ here instead

http://www.norml.org/

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True, but norml isn't 100% correct either.

And likewise, all-or-nothing statements like "there is not one documented case of lung cancer" or "none are permanent . . . . symptoms dissapear when smoking is disscontinued. " are most likely incorrect, too, to be honest.

The truth is, no one actually knows whether or not cannabis has contributed to some lung cancers. We know that, in the very limited testing that's been done, cannabis smoking and THC seem to have an anti-lung-cancer protective effect. But if you look at statistics for both lung cancer and cannabis smoking, chances are actually pretty good that in some cases, it could have contributed in some way to certain pulmonary cancers. My point is that just because it hasn't been academically studied or documented through the CDC or NIH or other institutions doesn't mean it isn't within the realm of possibility. I'll say this again: Every human body is different and responds differently. Similarly, only people with smoking-related symptoms (coughing, bronchitis, wheezing, irritation, inflammation) can actually tell researchers whether or not those symptoms subside when they stop smoking. Chances are probable that, for plenty of people, symptoms may continue even after smoking ceases. The important thing is to trust the actual experiences of real smokers rather than to tell them assuredly that symptoms cease when smoking does. Only individual smokers themselves can be the true guide, and the studies haven't looked at all smokers by a long shot.

My point--and I'll never tire of making it--is that the jury's still out until really widespread research as been done. And until that time, only terminal optimists (or terminal dolts who can only see in black and white instead of shades of gray) will keep perpetuating the "It's completely safe" side of the story. My belief is that it's quite safe, and most of the limited research seems to bear that out. But a clinical researcher would be the first to tell everyone that there are always exceptions and that we need to listen to those people who illustrate those exceptions.

Would you notice the affects physically before anything permanent? By that I mean coughing, wheezing, chest pains, hocking up tar, etc.?

my 2 cents,

Smoking tobacco def kills cilia, mj actually paralyzes it. Try quitting for a few days, you'll see. YES- smoking mj does give you more tar than cigarettes. Duh, look inside your pipe and tell me otherwise. Is this tar harmful? Yes, well, it can potentially can be. The tar of both cigs and mj DO contain carcinogens, and mj even contains MORE. So, my fellow potheads, your lungs are probably resinated by this crap, but why doesn't that tar eventually give you cancer like cigarettes do? Well there's a nifty enzyme by the name of CYP1A1 that goes around activating these carcinogens. It's not the only one, but it's the primary one. Anyways, nicotine is known to activate this, but THC however, simply doesn't. This is probably where the lung cancer prevention argument comes from. This definitely isn't the only way, but it's a pathway that i've studied for half a semester this fall for a class. Causes asthma? Haha yeah, when THC dilates your bronchioles and helps you breathe better, that'll definitely cause asthma. I use to carry an inhaler around all the time and had it really really bad when i was in grade school. What's weird is that I've never touched one of those since high school, around the time i started smoking mj.