On 16 May 2008 13:37:09 GMT, Opus the Penguin
<opusthepenguin+usenet@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>Ray (westcarleton@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
) wrote:
>
>> On May 16, 3:32 am, dilbert firestorm <scan...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> 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.
>>
>
>Legalizing it might change the situation.
If they legalize marijuana, I assume there would be allowances made
for small amounts of home grown, so you could create some
super-duper-hippy-dippy organic stuff for "family" consumption, -- and
for any immediate religious ceremony needs, of course.
Boron
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