i remember hearing that smoking weed had 4x the tar of smoking a cigarette. ... sigh. googling. brb.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > I would really think that the smoke was just as carcinogenic but it > seems, currently, to not be true. My intuition tells me that smoke > should be carcinogenic, period, but the most recent research doesn't > show a link between lung cancer and marijuana smoke inhalation. If > anything it shows a slight counter effect. But quite frankly I'm not > going to believe that until I see it replicated and, ideally, a > mechanism is figured out. > > And what that really means to me is that we really ought to study > marijuana consumption much more carefully (and with less prejudice). > Unfortunately that isn't easy in the current political climate either. > So much for science-based policy. > > Judah > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 6:31 PM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I would hope that we are smarter than that. I gather that the smoke is > > just as carcinogenic and everything about secondary smoking probably > > applies. Not only that, but there's the issue of a contact high. So > > no, I don't think it would be favorably viewed. > > > > On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 12:40 PM, C. Hatton Humphrey <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >>> No one minds people smoking tobacco at home (away from their kids), or > >>> outside (but not near me). > >>> > >>> It isn't any of my business. > >> > >> The problem with you response is that it's internalized. I asked how > >> society would view it. > >> > >> Today we have people that want to tell smokers where they can and > >> can't smoke. We fund anti-smoking campaigns with tax dollars from the > >> general fund and yet we fund cancer research with cigarette sales tax > >> money. States have sued tobacco companies and won or settled based on > >> medical issues that arise from smoking. > >> > >> If non-tobacco products were "legalized" in all 50 states would that > >> not lead to the commercialization of such products? Might it not lead > >> to the same cycle as the tobacco industry fell into, where over the > >> course of 50 years smoking went from glamorized to demonized? > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287284 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
