Cannabis use tied to head and neck cancer

Medical Xpress / Univ of Southern California / JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery ^ | Aug. 8, 2024 | Gallagher, T.J. et al

[ConservativeMind]

Cannabis smoking appears to increase head and neck cancers 3.5X - 5X.

[ConservativeMind]

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[LouAvul]

This can’t be true. FR’s liberTARdian addicts assure us it’s only weed, man.

[Jeff Chandler]

Gee, smoking is bad for your health. Whoulda thunkit?

[Mozzafiato]

Pothead Nation will rally to say this is not true. Other than pro-abortion radicals, I don’t think there is another interest group out there like pro-marijuana forces to protect their fix.

[irishjuggler]

Weed is the sacramental herb of the left... The likes of Soros, Walz and Newsom push it because they want a population that’s too stoned and stupid to resist the cultural Marxism that they implement

[Seaplaner]

Yes, the study will be “debunked” with, well, ummm really, really heavy duty... oh, where was I?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

It’s a victimless crime. 🤡

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Consuming intoxicants sporadically does not seem to be as harmful as your body can clear out the toxins over time.

Consuming them daily is not a good idea.

[Manic_Episode]

I remember watching a 60 Minutes episode in the mid 70s how marijuana caused men to grow breasts.

[ArcadeQuarters]

I know a pothead who vacations exclusively in places that have legal marijuana. 😂

[Gene Eric]

>> Cannabis smoking appears to increase head and neck cancers 3.5X - 5X.

Not to condone dope — can’t stand the sweet smell — generally don’t care for sweet things... (prefer cigars, scotch, and bitter women — lol), but could mass production, tainted supplies, vaxx, etc be contributing to the data that I’m assuming is sourced 2018+.

[cpdiii]

Oddly I suspect the increase in cancer, if the study is accurate, has nothing to do with the THC in marijuana. Nicotine is not a cancerous agent either. The other plant products in tobacco, the tars, are the carcinogens in tobacco not the nicotine. I would suspect it is much the same for marijuana. In pharmacy we use pure THC (that is what make you high) for cancer patients to help cope with the nausea of the chemo drugs. I know of no study that says these pure drugs increase cancer.

cpdiii Clinical Pharmacist Retired

[cpdiii]

(prefer cigars, scotch, and bitter women)

I agree about cigars and scotch, relative to bitter women, perhaps I can introduce you to me ex?

[alstewartfan]

But, but..... hemp products are gifts to humanity!

[Gene Eric]

lol

[SpaceBar]

...researchers compiled 20 years of data through a health research network of 64 health care organizations that accounted for more than 90 million individuals...

The greatest achievement of socialized medicine has been the collection of health statistics that would be unavailable any other way.

[vpintheak]

Unfiltered smoke straight into the lungs. Who’d a thunk!?

[roving]

I wonder why they want the country high.

[zeestephen]

Re: "3.5X to 5X more likely to develop head and neck (HNC) cancer"

Unless we know the life time risk for head and neck cancers, 3.5 to 5 times risk is not a meaningful number.

Life time risk for colon and rectal cancer - much more common than HNC - is just 4%.

Most cases of HNC are linked exclusively to tobacco and alcohol.