Re: Weed vs. Tobacco

On May 16, 3:32 am, dilbert firestorm <scan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote:
> Opus the Penguin wrote:
> > I just saw one of those fun facts that says there are 430,000 deaths
> > each year due to nicotine, none "attributable" to marijuana. But
> > wouldn't smoking pot have the same conraindications as tobacco? Or is
> > it smoked in sufficiently smaller quantities that emphysema and other
> > complications are unlikely to result? If so, would this change if
> > marijuana were legalized.
>
> answer to that I think is yes, with regards to negative effects from
> weeds & tobacco on a person.
>
> As for weed, its just as bad as tobacco as far as the lungs are
> concerned.  The effect of weed is more on the brain than it is on the
> lungs.  I understand from what I heard from the radio that there was a
> study that showed a link that smoking weed releases a compound and this
> compound causes dementia in weed smokers.
>
> as for its legalization?  I don't know.
>
> --
> Dilbert Firestorm
>
> Opus is my Hero!

At least weed doesn't have all the additives:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_additives_in_cigarettes
Unless the grow-ops are getting more creative, anyway.

--
Ray