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Marijuana doesn't harm lung function, study found
Boston.com ^ | January 11, 2012 | Lindsey Tanner

Posted on 01/11/2012 9:29:52 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost

CHICAGO—Smoking a joint once a week or a bit more apparently doesn't harm the lungs, suggests a 20-year study that bolsters evidence that marijuana doesn't do the kind of damage tobacco does.

The results, from one of the largest and longest studies on the health effects of marijuana, are hazier for heavy users -- those who smoke two or more joints daily for several years. The data suggest that using marijuana that often might cause a decline in lung function, but there weren't enough heavy users among the 5,000 young adults in the study to draw firm conclusions.

Still, the authors recommended "caution and moderation when marijuana use is considered."

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To: All; Hemingway's Ghost
Pile it higher and deeper. This "study" talks about one a week... find me a cigarette smoker who partakes once a week. The comparison is absolutely laughable on its face.

Any smoke, including that from wood fire cooking can and does cause lung damage. This "study" is agenda-driven B.S. pandering to those too stoned to grasp reality and those hoping to score big paydays trafficking pot if it were legalized.

41 posted on 01/11/2012 9:46:53 AM PST by newzjunkey (Just say no to the big gov't, neocon, socon statist.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
those who smoke two or more joints daily for several years.

Nobody could smoke the same two joints for years. What? Oh.

42 posted on 01/11/2012 9:47:31 AM PST by rhombus
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

What would happen if you didn’t inhale like Billy?


43 posted on 01/11/2012 9:48:26 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: moehoward

Especially if the haze happens to be purple.


44 posted on 01/11/2012 9:48:26 AM PST by stuartcr ("In this election year of 12, how deep into their closets will we delve?")
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Dude died of cancer, not of grass smoking. Like all the other folks who die of lung cancer, not tobacco smoking.
45 posted on 01/11/2012 9:49:22 AM PST by SampleMan (Feral Humans are the refuse of socialism.)
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To: newzjunkey
This "study" talks about one a week... find me a cigarette smoker who partakes once a week.

Again, different substances promote different usage patterns. They're just different, that's all.

46 posted on 01/11/2012 9:49:50 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: SampleMan
Like all the other folks who die of lung cancer, not tobacco smoking.

Well, Bob Marley's cancer started in his toe before it spread to the rest of his body. Do you suggest he was puffing joints through his toe?

47 posted on 01/11/2012 9:51:30 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: cripplecreek

I smoked pot for long enough to know that it does harm the lungs. Only a moron would believe otherwise.

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Exactly.

Who are you going to believe? A peer reviewed study conducted by a prestigiuos university or an anonymous poster on an internet forum?


48 posted on 01/11/2012 9:51:49 AM PST by dmz
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To: Lazlo in PA
From my college days, I do not remember anyone smoking one joint a week.

According to the Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration, 4.2% of Americans smoke more than once a year but less than once a month - so it's not hard to believe that some smoke only once a week.

49 posted on 01/11/2012 9:51:55 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: Jack Hydrazine
What would happen if you didn’t inhale like Billy?

You should be beaten about the head and neck repeatedly for wasting weed.

50 posted on 01/11/2012 9:52:37 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

The DEA and ONDCP will demand a retraction.


51 posted on 01/11/2012 9:52:42 AM PST by microgood
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To: dmz
A peer reviewed study conducted by a prestigiuos university

They did such a fine job with global warming.
52 posted on 01/11/2012 9:53:15 AM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Marijuana doesn't harm lung function, study found
Misleading headline. The study wasn't conclusive - it "suggested" no harm for very, very light users.
53 posted on 01/11/2012 9:53:27 AM PST by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost

This isn`t science.

What it is is the age old ‘ Advocacy Research ‘ .


54 posted on 01/11/2012 9:53:59 AM PST by Para-Ord.45 (+ <--- All I got was this plus sign)
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To: Hemingway's Ghost
Their analysis was funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Everyone is missing the point. This is a government funded study so it's settled science now, until the next government funded study. Then this one can go in the memory hole.

55 posted on 01/11/2012 9:54:28 AM PST by rhombus
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To: cripplecreek

Exactly right, beyond and reasonable doubt. I am thankful every day I don’t smoke it. This study is mere propaganda.

I’ll bet it was run with this outcome in mind.

The lungs are designed for oxygen, not smoke.


56 posted on 01/11/2012 9:55:01 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie
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To: Para-Ord.45
This isn`t science.

Because you say so?

57 posted on 01/11/2012 9:55:19 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: microgood
The DEA and ONDCP will demand a retraction.

No, they'll just lie about it.

58 posted on 01/11/2012 9:57:06 AM PST by JustSayNoToNannies (A free society's default policy: it's none of government's business.)
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To: dmz
A peer reviewed study conducted by a prestigiuos university or an anonymous poster on an internet forum?

!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone knows no one ever lies on the Interwebs!

59 posted on 01/11/2012 9:57:24 AM PST by Hemingway's Ghost (Spirit of '75)
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To: 9422WMR

Yes, all that pot caused SKIN cancer?


60 posted on 01/11/2012 9:57:58 AM PST by autumnraine (America how long will you be so deaf and dumb to the tumbril wheels carrying you to the guillotine?)
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