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To: FormerACLUmember
>>> People die from marijuana pneumonitis and allergic reactions all the time.<<<

Source?

>>>>"A chronic marijuana user asked me if the drug affects the immune system. Does it?" inquires E.J. FRANCZAK, MD, of Agincourt, ON........<<<<

Of course it affects the immune system. But you claimed (as shown above) that: "People die from marijuana pneumonitis and allergic reactions all the time"

Your follow-up post does *nothing* to prove your original assertion. Of course, you already know that.

83 posted on 12/12/2005 12:30:43 PM PST by gdani
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To: gdani; FormerACLUmember
"But you claimed (as shown above) that: "People die from marijuana pneumonitis and allergic reactions all the time"

"Hamadeh and associates. Chest, Vol. 94/2, pp.432-433, 1988. "Invasive aspergillosis has become a significant cause of death in immunosuppressed patients". Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of marijuana use in compromised hosts such as patients with AIDS or malignancies.)"

"Transplantation, Vol. 61, June 27, 1996. (Marijuana smoke transmits aspergillosis, a fungus having up to a 90% fatality rate if contracted by transplant patients. Researchers have strongly warned against the use of marijuana in immuno-compromised patients such as those with AIDS, chronic granulomatous disease, bone marrow transplants and those receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.)"

"Caiffa WT, Vlahov D, Graham NM, Astemborski J, Solomon L, Nelson KE, and Munoz A. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 150:1493-1498, 1994. (Marijuana smoking increases the incidence of bacterial pneumoniae in AIDS patients. HIV positive smokers progress to full-blown AIDS twice as fast as non-smokers.)"

121 posted on 12/12/2005 3:09:32 PM PST by robertpaulsen
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