NEW STUDY - Cannabis does not cause cancer

[DavidBriggs]

A study done at the University of California at Los Angeles has proven that cannabis smoking whether light or heavy does not cause cancer. Although tar from any smoke is unhealthy there is absolutely no link to causing cancer. The only link found between cannabis smokers and cancer is that it actually decreases the chances of getting certain types of cancer including that of the mouth and lungs.

Below are some sources for the study and others of its kind.

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html
• http://www.webmd.com/lung-cancer/news/20060523/pot-smoking-not-linked-to-lung-cancer

 

[Maj.Cottonmouth]

I love when people pound another nail into the coffin of prohibition.

 

[igrowone]

i have been watching these results for a while, they really are remarkable
by themselves, you'd expect the tar components of the MJ would cause cancer
which makes me wonder if vaporized MJ actually decreases lung cancer risk even more dramatically

 

[SCF]

i think people who smoke cigarettes and people who smoke marijuana, are less likely to get cancer. not that i endorse it.

 

[jammie]

this report is 4 years old

 

[tequila_sunrise]

i have been watching these results for a while, they really are remarkable
by themselves, you'd expect the tar components of the MJ would cause cancer
which makes me wonder if vaporized MJ actually decreases lung cancer risk even more dramatically

well if smoking has 0% chance of causing cancer then vaping will have 0% chance of causing cancer too.

Vaping obviously is less irritating to the lungs.

 

[igrowone]

well if smoking has 0% chance of causing cancer then vaping will have 0% chance of causing cancer too.

Vaping obviously is less irritating to the lungs.

that's not exactly what the studies show, they do show a reduction in some lung cancers for those who smoke MJ
there were lung cancers, not 0%, that would be news that the federal government would probably try to suppress
you would think a vape/smoke comparison would be favorable to vaporizing
however you can't be sure without hard data, it sounds reasonable, but the human body can be quite tricky in its responses