What are the health risks of MJ?

[Tony1234567890]

I've heard Increased heart rate? If it's true, is it dangerous?

Tony1234567890 Reviewed by Tony1234567890 on 12-08-2007. What are the health risks of MJ? I've heard Increased heart rate? If it's true, is it dangerous? Rating: 5

[vej33]

increased heart rate is not a risk, it happens when you run, when you fuck, even when you sleep. it's normal. so smoking is not a natural reason for a raised heartrate, but it certainly is a common thing to happen.

this isn't me saying that it's healthy for your heart to smoke, but if alls your worried about is an elevated heartbeat, then you're fine.. it causes nothing more than anxiety & paranoia (that happens to the best smokers)

[geonagual]

I forgot what I was going to say:stoned:

[vej33]

I forgot what I was going to say:stoned:

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

[Innominate]

Physically, smoking MJ will have very MINOR affects on your respiratory system, symptoms that diminish rapidly after days of not smoking. Vaporization of MJ is the safest way of all.

Mentally, other than going insane from the amount you pay, excessive MJ will cause temporary short-term memory loss, but some things are easier when smoking pot, but that's for you to find out.

Socially, that's up to you.

Beneficially, it helps prevent Alzheimer's Disease, Osteoporosis, Breast Cancer, symptoms of Multiple Sclerosis, global warming, arrogance, depression, etc. (People and Pot go hand in hand.) The economic benefits might go even farther...

Excuse me, there's somewhere I need to be, :stoned:.

[melodious fellow]

Physically, smoking MJ will have very MINOR affects on your respiratory system, symptoms that diminish rapidly after days of not smoking. Vaporization of MJ is the safest way of all.

I hate to be the buzzkill, as I love erb... but smoking it can often cause chronic bronchitis, as it has with me. Like innominate said, this will likely go away after quitting smoking, but the bronchitis may last over a month and possibly require a doc's visit and antibiotics, or at least a lot of guanfenesin.

vaporizing is definitely better, but eating erb is the healthiest... get yo veggies on!
peace

[WaZ]

increased heart rate is not a risk, it happens when you run, when you fuck, even when you sleep. it's normal. so smoking is not a natural reason for a raised heartrate, but it certainly is a common thing to happen.

Kind of off topic, but interestingly, your heart rate increases more during a heated argument than during sex. Caffeine is a greater health risk as far as inducing heart problems than Cannabis.

Respiratory problems are obviously the most prominent, but there is not a scientific link between smoking Cannabis and lung cancer. People don't really die of Cannabis consumption. It's practically impossible to overdose (lethality is something like 1,500 joints in 45 minutes). Short-term memory loss is also fairly common to some degree, but goes away after you quit smoking for a while. There isn't really any permanent damage unless you go out of your way to make it as unhealthy as possible. But simply using Cannabis has no negative effects to the general public (adverse psychotic reactions to Cannabis range in the neighborhood of 1 in 10,000 regular users, pretty damned low rate).

Common "withdrawal" symptoms include headaches, loss of appetite, and a desire to smoke. Studies have shown Cannabis smoking can actually stimulate new cell growth in the brain.

There is actually a naturally occurring chemical system in our brains, called an endocannabinoid, that functions exactly like THC does. It regulates your mood, pain, appetite, balance, memory, digestion, nausea, reproduction, and bone growth. Scientists had no idea this system in our brains existed until they studied Cannabis. What happens when your body absorbs Cannabis is that all the receptors for this system fire at once in your brain and cause a rush of sensations and a blocking of pain.

A lot of naysayers use the fact that smoking is unhealthy to pursue this legislation against Cannabis. It's true that smoking, inhaling burned materials into your lungs, is bad for your health. It's bad. But you don't have to smoke it to get its effects, and for Cannabis in particular there are ways to smoke it to minimize tar intake and prevent long term damage.

Edit - Check out the attached toxicity chart.

[4.2O]

wow man! :thumbsup:
+rep for you.

I wish you would have posted this before i turned in my paper on Marijuana Reform on Friday. :stoned: