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wow thats pretty sweet. now finally people might realize that pot isnt worse then cigs.
Fuck Yea :thumbsup: Good news. Everyone has known it but no one wanted to admit it. Allthough theres still tar and shit in any kind of smoke (paper, weed, sawdust) theres not as much shit in weed as tobacco in cigs. Smoking too much weed at once can be a bitch on your lungs, but as with all good things, use in moderation is allways the best way to go :D
Except for those Fox News Channel viewers.Quote:
Originally Posted by CBsDankNugs
Why would they think that in the first place?Quote:
Originally Posted by CBsDankNugs
Because cigarettes have filters?Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
I think less than 5 years ago, there were news reports about Marijuana smoke being more dense with carcinogens than Cigarrete smoke. They were saying something like one joint equaled 5 ciggs.Quote:
Originally Posted by orangeman
Cannabis lacks the radioactive elements. That's a very important detail to me that lots of people overlook.
Yeah I read this study a couple weeks ago, Im glad it made it over to msnbc.com :thumbsup:
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Radioactive particulates are a by-product of most combustion. Radioactive Particulates are in cannabis smoke, just as they are in cigarette smoke, and virtually all burned plant materials.
^ Source it. AFAIK cannabis contains no significant traces of any radionuclides, at least no more than any other ordinary plant or organism on this planet.
Tobacco is a special case though because it is grown in soil fertilized with calcium phosphate derived from apatite mineral containing radium, lead 210 and polonium 210. These radionuclides become stuck in the tobacco trichomes and concentrated on the leaf.
Two different ballgames.
Tobacco suffers from two different sources of pollution, which causes it to become more cancerous than it would naturally be: Fertilizers and topical pesticides. Both of which are never properly flushed out of or off of the plant. Not to mention the added common variable of the soil having been fertilized and having pesticides flushed through it for countless generations of crops, adding more to the overall toxicity of the matter.
However, radioactive particulates are a product of actually burning the plants. There is really no way to avoid them entirely, unless you eat the plant. As for which smoke would contain more? I am not sure. As far as which plant is overall more toxic, commercial tobacco versus Cannabis which has been responsibly grown, no brainer.