Cannabis Awareness Pamphlet: 10 Things Every Parent, Teenager & Teacher Should Know..

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Originally Posted by tadaa

Gee, I wonder why you know more burnouts that are pot heads than lawyers or doctors...

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I know three people who smoke Herb, including me. A college student, who works for his step-father, and a college teacher.

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

Getting high allows a great deal of information to enter your head, at once. Therefore, never, will people want a Lawyer who'll get high before court.

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But you never know...

No wonder you have so many posts ;O

Beach guy... there is not point in talking with tadaa... he is an ignorant peon, who can't think of a single thought by himself. He has No general conception or maijuana and gives all of us who smoke it and fight for it's legalization a bad name. never have I seen him reference another source to back up his information, nor have i seen him provide facts about anything he says. Althought you and I may disagree on some parts I hope you understand how a discussion between two people, is different than reaming at an idiot. I only say this cause I've been caught up before trying to explain to that dumbass that he needs to learn how to talk, rather than use illogical random thoughts. Just ignore him, he's a lost cause... as much as i hate to say that about anyone who doesn't realize what marijuana truly is, I don't think he cares. From what I've read he either argues for argument's sake or is part of the DEA and he believes all the lies they tell him and is here merely to spread them around. So, just forget about him...

But as for there being no side effect, cannabis may or may not have negative side effects, I'm not sure on that matter personaly. I don't think it being on schedule 1 helps in anyway. But I must say that smoking anything isn't good. Marijuana is the only thing that I smoke, (ciggarettes kill over 100,000 people a year, not me), but I still cough and hack up some nasty crap sometimes... which I know comes from smoking. If it's vaporized or eaten I can see a different arguement, but anything that is smoked will have some negative benefits and I don't think that should be hidden...

Should it be numebr 1 on the list no, or even on the list... no... but to not think that some people will not have a negative experience with marijuana is somewhat naive.

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rogue

No wonder you have so many posts ;O

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I know. It started last summer, back in the Spirituallity forums.

I know that anyone can say that anything foreign is harmful to your body. But, when the same harmful, foreign substance counteracts it's harmful effects, I'd rather not consider them. No one can say that marijuana smoke harms the lungs, because when it enters, it either passes through the large-flat part into the bloodstream, or you expel it.

These are the kind of studies to prove that it harms your lungs:

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Originally Posted by www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2002/marijuana-smoking-bad-for.html

Marijuana Smoking Bad for Lungs
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A new study found that smoking marijuana is just as bad for the lungs as smoking cigarettes, the New Zealand Herald reported Aug. 13.

"You can't say cannabis is safe any more than you can say tobacco is safe. The health message is clear - don't be burning vegetable matter and inhaling it," said study author Robin Taylor, associated professor at the Dunedin School of Medicine in New Zealand.

For the study, researchers examined 900 people between the ages of 18 to 26 to see how much breath they could expel forcefully from their lungs.

The researchers found that people who smoked either marijuana or tobacco expelled less air in one second than non-smokers. Furthermore, it took smokers longer to expel all the air from their lungs because their airways had narrowed slightly.

The researchers also found that participants who smoked marijuana and tobacco had even narrower airways and greater decrease in airflow.

Researchers plan to conduct a follow-up study when the participants are aged 32 to 37.

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Originally Posted by http://www.drugprevent.demon.co.uk/New%20look%20of%20Website/research_items/Vol2_%20Issue6.html#MJ%20Lung%20Disease

Doctors in Scotland said that smoking marijuana just once or twice a day for a number of years could lead to serious lung disease, Reuters reported March 21.
â??It might be that the psychoactive part of cannabis is harmless but the actual process of smoking, whatever you are smoking, can do your lungs harm,â?� said Dr Martin Johnson of Glasgow Royal Infirmary.
As part of the study, Johnson and fellow scientists studied four men with a type of emphysema. There was no other genetic susceptibility or explanation for the lung disease except that all four men were heavy cannabis smokers.

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But, here's the facts:

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Originally Posted by Tashkin, D.P. et al, "Longitudinal Changes in Respiratory Symptoms and Lung Function in Non-smokers, Tobacco Smokers, and Heavy, Habitual Smokers of Marijuana With or Without Tobacco," pp 25-36 in G. Chesher et al (eds), Marijuana: an International Research Report, Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service (1988)

Since 1982, UCLA researchers have evaluated pulmonary function and bronchial cell characteristics in marijuana-only smokers, tobacco-only smokers, smokers of both, and non-smokers. Although they have found changes in marijuana-only smokers, the changes are much less pronounced than those found in tobacco smokers.

The nature of the marijuana-induced changes were also different, occurring primarily in the lung's large airways - not the small peripheral airways affected by tobacco smoke. Since it is small-airway inflammation that causes chronic bronchitis and emphysema, marijuana smokers may not develop these diseases.

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Beachguy you are going to be part of my book..well information from your posts will be.:thumbsup: I should be doing what you are in posting lnks but it makes more sense for me to come here and read posts by the people that have actually experienced MJ..and its benefits to people. You know its like someone that has never drank alcohol trying to sponsor someone that is an alcoholic..unless someone has been there and done it so to speak I don't accept their "findings"..just my way..anyways thanks for taking the time to post relevant positive information like you do on MJ.:thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by beachguy in thongs

I know three people who smoke Herb, including me. A college student, who works for his step-father, and a college teacher.

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wow, 3 people out of almost 300 million in this country. The bottom line is that if you rounded up every person that smokes pot you would have more failures than great successes. Marijuana can lead to a decrease in motivation if it's abused. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for your body. Putting smoke in your lungs isn't going to make you live longer.

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Originally Posted by tadaa

wow, 3 people out of almost 300 million in this country. The bottom line is that if you rounded up every person that smokes pot you would have more failures than great successes. Marijuana can lead to a decrease in motivation if it's abused. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for your body. Putting smoke in your lungs isn't going to make you live longer.

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That's why you can vapourize or eat cannabis. :thumbsup:

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Originally Posted by tadaa

wow, 3 people out of almost 300 million in this country. The bottom line is that if you rounded up every person that smokes pot you would have more failures than great successes. Marijuana can lead to a decrease in motivation if it's abused. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for your body. Putting smoke in your lungs isn't going to make you live longer.

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I'm talking about at this moment.

Every single one of my "good" friends from High School has a college diploma, and, about 75% were Weed smokers throughout college.

I think i'll do that at work lol...