Quote Originally Posted by Captain Hanks
But not one case of lung damage from a cannabis only smoker has ever been documented. Researches have been following the heaviest cannabis smokers in the states (rastas, coptics... etc.) and they predicted there would be thousands of cases of lung cancer by now, yet not one as come up. Pretty interesting if you ask me, not to mention the past 3,000 years of recorded medicinal use. Nothing has been documented, why?
Doctors who see heavy pot smokers have been documenting cases of lung inflammation and illnesses since they began keeping records, just not documenting higher rates of cancer, as I've already said now, twice. I know--and most well-informed doctors know--that weed's not associated with an increased risk of lung cancer except when people are heavy cigarette users, too, and they get the risk through that exposure.

When I say lung inflammation and illnesses, I'm referring to asthma, bronchitis or pneumonia that's been made worse by weed smoking. Your "no documented casees of cancer" response gives me the feeling that you're not reading or understanding what I'm saying--including understanding the Tashkin study you've been posting and re-posting, Captain. If you're saying that no documentation has been made associating it with higher risks of cancer, you're right. I've already agreed with that twice before and knew that before our discussion here began. I've posted links to that study in numerous places before, in fact, as has our friend Storm Crow. But if you're saying that no documentation has been made associating weed smoking with aggravating other pulmonary conditions than cancer, I think you must mean that no published, documented studies have come out confirming this fact. And to be honest, none need to come out. It's common knowledge. Ask any cardio-pulmonary physician, nurse, or respiratory therapist who's worked in the pulmonary ward of a public or teaching hospital what they've seen in heavy cannabis smokers, and they'll confirm this fact, as weed smokers are confirming here with reports of their symptoms.