Comments on: Despite Lung Warnings, Gusto for Smoking Cannabis Persists https://www.sanjoseinside.com/columnists/despite-lung-warnings-gusto-for-smoking-cannabis-persists/ A look inside San Jose politics and culture Sun, 29 Nov 2020 03:49:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.6.12 By: Xbr976 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/columnists/despite-lung-warnings-gusto-for-smoking-cannabis-persists/#comment-1692504 Sun, 29 Nov 2020 03:49:08 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201165856#comment-1692504 Dude, MJ is not great for you for sure. But acting absolutist about anything is unrealistic. It can be fun in moderation for the vast majority of people. There are always going to be those who can’t handle something—but I don’t want my right to be free from government harassment impinged because of those people.

]]> By: Robert https://www.sanjoseinside.com/columnists/despite-lung-warnings-gusto-for-smoking-cannabis-persists/#comment-1692483 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:32:18 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201165856#comment-1692483 Did the author actually research cannabis and the effect on lungs? Suggest you start with the 2006 study led by Donald Tashkin out of UCLA. The largest study ever performed on cannabis smoking, it found ZERO evidence of increased cancer or head/neck/throat disease in cannabis smokers – even people that smoked 10 joints per day for 30 years.

The same study found a 20-fold increase in cancer in people that smoked tobacco over 30 years. Cannabis-smoking was actually found to have a slight protective effect AGAINST cancer is these people:

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/05/060526083353.htm
Study Finds No Link Between Marijuana Use And Lung Cancer

]]> By: xbr976 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/columnists/despite-lung-warnings-gusto-for-smoking-cannabis-persists/#comment-1692482 Sat, 28 Nov 2020 17:14:19 +0000 https://www.sanjoseinside.com/?p=201165856#comment-1692482 It all depends. A couple bong hits every couple weeks probably isn’t going to damage you. If the vice of MJ turns into a habit it’s a different story. Eat it if you’re worried enough, but don’t be a fool about it. People going to the ER after eating MJ amaze me–sort of like getting severely injured while using a vacuum cleaner.

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