According to a carcinogenic tar study in the late 1970s, Berkeley determined that “marijuana is one-and-a-half times as carcinogenic as tobacco.” All this study did was compare the amount of tar present in cannabis leaves, and compared it to tobacco. The study didn’t take into account a number of things, but first I must explain about the radioactivity found in cigarettes that isn’t present in marijuana.
Tar is not what causes cancer, that conclusion is just a side effect of tobacco companies marketing their cigarettes. U. S. Surgeon General C. Everette Koop said on national television in 1990 that radioactivity, not the tar, accounts for at least 90% of all smoking related lung cancer. Now I’m sure you’re wondering how the radioactivity gets in the cigarettes in the first place.
By law tobacco crops grown in the United States are required to be fertilized with phosphates are rich in radium 226. Also radium 226 occurs naturally in many soils. Over time the radium 226 breaks down into two long lived daughter elements, lead 210 and polonium 210. When the radioactive particles become airborne they attach themselves to fine hairs on the tobacco leaves.
Studies show lead 210 and polonium 210 accumulating in people’s bodies that are exposed to cigarette smoke, and that smokers have three times as much lead 210 and polonium 210 deposits in their lower lungs than non smokers. As well as they have greater concentrations of lead 210 and polonium 210 in their skeletons, but no studies have been proven to link this to bone cancer. Polonium 210 has been proven to produce tumors by itself in inhalation experiments with animals.
Marijuana tars do not contain radioactive materials like lead 210 and polonium 210. And the studies do not consider that:
- Most marijuana smokers smoke the bud and not the leaf of the plant. In fact it’s hard to find the leaf of a plant to smoke unless you grow your own, or know somebody who does.
- Marijuana smokers do not smoke anywhere near the amount that cigarette smokers do. After a blunt or a joint, or maybe a couple bowls they’re good to go for a few hours, and most people don’t really smoke more than once a day, while cigarette smokers on the other hand smoke up to a pack a day, usually at least one cigarette every 2 hours, and if they’re stressed out they may smoke a lot more.
- Not one case of lung cancer has been successfully linked to marijuana use.
- Marijuana does not cause any narrowing of the small air passageways in the lungs. Tobacco has that effect on lungs as well as the lead 210 and polonium 210 becomes attached to small irritated areas in the lungs. Tobacco smoke constricts the bronchi for long periods of time thus reduce the lung’s ability to clear itself of the radioactive elements.
Marijuana smoke actually does the opposite, studies show that marijuana has the ability to clear the lungs of smog, pollutant and cigarette smoke. Marijuana smoke is an expectorant and dilates the air channels that it comes in contact with. That is why sufferers of asthma use marijuana for relief. Those who heavily smoke cigarettes will live seven to ten years longer if they also smoke marijuana. Cannabis smokers have actually been shown to outlive nonsmokers by two to three years.
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I am 70 years old and have smoked pot daily since the 1960s.
Naturally there have been breaks of a few to several days and a few weeks absence also over the years.
The times I have not smoked do not cause any anxiety.
Since retirement a few years ago, I have smoked 4 or 5 joints a day.
I grow it myself in the back yard with seeds from plants 35 years old, and no-one is aware I either grow it or smoke it, or could careless anyways.
I get EXACTLY the same high now as I did 50 years ago.
After a lifetime I have a couple of things to add to this debate.
First off, of course it should be as legal as buttercups are.
It is NOT advisable for young people to smoke it daily as it will cut into their productive time…UNLESS.. they are in a creative job. Then, it’s almost required.
At least one year of smoking pot should be a requirement for anyone entering politics.
Health issues? Smoking too much. too often can easily cause heartburn, sore throat and irritation to stomach ulcers and esophagitis.
Long time smokers should be aware of damage caused by the bleached white rolling papers and whatever else may be in the glue.
Pipe smokers need to be concerned about sucking on plastic tipped pipe ends.
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never made the one comment I originally meant to say…
I smoked cigarettes from age 13 to 33. I quit tobacco cold turkey one day 37 years ago. Pot made quitting a lot easier.
But a purist could argue that I just traded one demon for another. Well not in my books.
I prefer pot and dislike cigarettes. I also would like to add that my life since quitting tobacco has been virtually free of colds or flu.
Oh, and yes a warning:
To avoid the very real poisoning from butane lighters, avoid deeply inhaling the first ‘light-up’.
y drink n drive,when u can smoke n flyyyyy
I heart weed
IVE BEEN SMOKING SINCE I WAS SPERM AND I AM OK
Im in love with mary jane ill always smoke grape swishers with the purple in it. legalise the herb 420
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Dude 5th grade was my first light up…. blunts everyday
iv been smokeng weed sinc i was 15 because one reason i needed to make my life more exciting nd it has buut i smoke ciggarets nd black nd milds to get even high
smoked cig once and i hated it forever, now been smoking pot for three years 1 to 2 joints a day, am a business person and when am high, i can make things that a normal person wouldnt do…It should be legalizes
been smokin pot since i was 14, helps tremendously with chronic shoulder and back pain, been smokin daily for last 2 years, just graduated high school with a 4.0 while holding a 40 hour a week job, nothing bad about the green……LEGALIZE IT
iv been smoking for almost five years and it has made my life so much better and eaiser i can deal with issues better and my headachs and cramps have gone away thanks mary jane i love u!
Smoke weed or else. That is the eleventh commandment, bitches.
i buzz of it
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Your wrong about only radioactive polonium and lead being the causes of cancer from cigarette smoking. It has been scientifically proven that there is a direct linear relationship between the amount of radioactivity in your body and your chance of developing cancer. So even if -ALL- the radioactivity from your body was caused by these two elements (when in reality they contribute only a very, very small percentage), your chance of getting lung cancer would only be about three times higher. However data shows that smokers have over a ten times higher chance of developing lung cancer.
The cause of this discrepancy is in fact carcinogens. And tar is where these carcinogens come from. Thus if marijuana has more tar you are definitely seeing an effect on your health.
^ It is a well known fact that the average tobacco smoker will smoke a lot more tobacco in an amount of time, compared to a cannabis smoker in the same time. To put it simply: one-two joints? You’re done for a few hours at least. Cigarettes? You’ll have five more before you go to bed.
So who is getting more carcinogens? Usually it is tobacco smokers, because the amount of tar their getting from all those cigarettes outnumbers the slightly more carcinogenic joint which you will be smoking much less of. This is because a cigarette “high” comes on almost immediately and leaves just as fast.
Smoking weed helped me with depression I went front wanting to die and feeling completely hopeless and withdrawn to being out going happy and loving life it also let me sleep better than I had in the past 10 years and even though I’m only 18 I know its not harmfull and should be legalized for its multiple multiple good and medically beneficial effects. Plus the money that it could make for the USwould help the economy remarkably so politicians please legalize it and smokers contact your senators and congressman and explain why they should vote yes to a pot legalization bill. GO 420!!!
Yo, God, stop hogging the damn bowl dude!
Marijuana smoke actually does the opposite, studies show that marijuana has the ability to clear the lungs of smog, pollutant and cigarette smoke. Marijuana smoke is an expectorant and dilates the air channels that it comes in contact with. That is why sufferers of asthma use marijuana for relief. Those who heavily smoke cigarettes will live seven to ten years longer if they also smoke marijuana. Cannabis smokers have actually been shown to outlive nonsmokers by two to three years.
Okay so how come when I remember taking mary j hits, my body just rejected it with endless coughing. Eh?
i have been smoking for 15 yrs now daily smoker. I am all for them to legalize marijuana, i am a person that does not drink, i was a heavy drinker before, i got into lots of trouble when i used to drink i wasn’t myself if u know what im talking about when i drank i was a different person getting into trouble with the law and all the good stuff that comes with drinking i was reckless. i smoke and i am a very calm person and relaxed after a hard days work i go home smoke a bowl take a seat on my couch and chill out. i also think it should be legal because we are grown adults here and i think we are smart enough to make desicions for ourselves we are not stupid people, their will be people who abuse stuff but it goes for everthing that they have from drinking everday to popping pills from the pharmacy they act like the world will end, and it isnt a manafactured drug its a plant that we have used in our past, using hemp in everything they made back then in our history rememeber they made weed illigal because it was used against blacks and hispanics back in the day and jazz musicians were the devils, these were the people that made it illegal so why is it still illigal if it was a tool to harrass blacks and browns tell me we are not that close minded peopel anymore these politicians dont represent us anymore they are only in for themselves and to have some power
If you cough a lot its cuz you got resin in the back of your throat…or you got a harsh ass hit. My metal bowl does that, glass is so much smoother but metals a lot cheaper…anyways if you got a harsh hit then you will cough your lungs out…slow and steady wins the race.
Mary Jane’s served enough time in jail! 420
Hey, guys. True all dis shit. I think fe govnermnt is a fuckup, I from Jamaica, herb be like koffie der. My first spliff was me 14′th I like it, make ye people less licky, see? Police tel us to stomp fe plants, see? Wen dey blackup de stuff too, see? Babylon no badboi. I keep small stash under me bed for safe keeps.
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Iv been smoking for about 4 years an im only 14 but its only made my life easer
im sure smoking anything have its effects… i really belive dat weed have the best side effects than any other thing you can smoke rather than more bad. i havent heard no one die from smoking weed yet but i have heard that numerous millions die each year from cigarettes… just face it cigarettes kill weed heals…
yes to the weed then we can get jibs and still be high oh yeah!!!!!!!
Well considering weed isn’t the same as they used to be, you could be getting cancer causing chemicals in your shit anyways. Always possible.
This is my take on the legalization of marijauna the main reason (tha gov)wont make it legal is they cant tax it properly because you can grow it at home and sell it and (tha gov)cant have regular people making big money and cant get their cut because lets face it millions of people wont report those earnings.true or not?better yet ask the poor.
I am 23 yrs. old and i’ve been smoking weed since the summer of 1999, but i also smoke ciggarettes too, i smoke about 1-2 packs of ciggarettes a day (at least), thats about 3-4/hr and i smoke anywhere from 5-15 doobies a day, and i dont see me quitting either, theyre both used as a stress reliever but marijuana can also be used as a concentrater, helps you keep your mind on what your doing, can also help with chronic pains, blood flow, hell you can obtain it medically for epilepsy. On the other hand cigarettes have over 2000 KNOWN chemicals and when you MIX those chemicals you get MORE. unless you grow it yourself your not getting the all natural plant, instead your getting chemical infested buds that’ll get you more high then the crop itself lol
fuckkk the ciggs. smoke a fuckin jay!
There are no actual scientific objective studies done, ever. All studies that I have read and researched are all subject to interpretation. Not one study was done in a controlled setting as well as the fact that most findings were not definite and based on actual body chemical levels. There is no “true” statistics backing up the findings. As usual, excuses are being made in favor of marijuana use. I know from past experience that “pot” definitely does effect our reaction times similar to alcohol. One fact: marijuana does effect brain cells and effects perception and the ability to make good decisions as well as decreases drive and ambition and loosens human inhibitions. Face it, you, I and most know that “pot” is bad for the body and mind.