suggums
05-23-2006, 04:15 PM
<p>from a new WebMD article published today that will hopefully be making the news media rounds over the next couple days, so far i saw my local news and fox (!) pick it up:</p><p> </p><p> </p>People who smoke marijuana do not appear to be at increased risk for developing <span class="cross_link">l</span><span class="no_cross_link">ung cancer</span>, new research suggests.
<p> </p><p>While a clear increase in <span class="no_cross_link">cancer</span> risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.</p>
<p>Even very heavy, long-term marijuana users who had smoked more than
22,000 joints over a lifetime seemed to have no greater risk than
infrequent marijuana users or nonusers.</p>
<p>The findings surprised the study’s researchers, who expected to see
an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in
their youth.</p>
<p>“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and
co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” researcher Donald
Tashkin, MD, of UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD.
“But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for
even heavy marijuana smoking.” Carcinogens are substances that cause
cancer. </p>
Tashkin presented the findings today at The American Thoracic Society’s 102nd International Conference, held in San Diego... <a href="http://www.webmd.com/content/article/122/114805.htm" target="_blank">the rest is here</a><br /><p> </p> <p> </p><p> way to be awesome again, cannabis. keep toking buddays</p><p>legalize it </p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by suggums on 5-23-06 @ 8:18 PM</span>
<p> </p><p>While a clear increase in <span class="no_cross_link">cancer</span> risk was seen among cigarette smokers in the study, no such association was seen for regular cannabis users.</p>
<p>Even very heavy, long-term marijuana users who had smoked more than
22,000 joints over a lifetime seemed to have no greater risk than
infrequent marijuana users or nonusers.</p>
<p>The findings surprised the study’s researchers, who expected to see
an increase in cancer among people who smoked marijuana regularly in
their youth.</p>
<p>“We know that there are as many or more carcinogens and
co-carcinogens in marijuana smoke as in cigarettes,” researcher Donald
Tashkin, MD, of UCLA’s David Geffen School of Medicine tells WebMD.
“But we did not find any evidence for an increase in cancer risk for
even heavy marijuana smoking.” Carcinogens are substances that cause
cancer. </p>
Tashkin presented the findings today at The American Thoracic Society’s 102nd International Conference, held in San Diego... <a href="http://www.webmd.com/content/article/122/114805.htm" target="_blank">the rest is here</a><br /><p> </p> <p> </p><p> way to be awesome again, cannabis. keep toking buddays</p><p>legalize it </p>
<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by suggums on 5-23-06 @ 8:18 PM</span>