Long-term Marijuana Smokers Less Likely to Develop Certain Cancers. - Medical Cannabis News - International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums

**Skip** · 08-26-2009, 05:33 PM

In the first of it's kind study, long-term cannabis smokers have been determined to be 62% less at risk for neck and head cancers than people who don't smoke marijuana. This is one of the first studies to show the cumulative benefits of long-term marijuana use.

It's not quite clear whether smoking the herb itself is providing the protection or whether similar protection would be offered by eating products containing cannabis.

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Compared to people who never smoked pot, those who began smoking marijuana between the ages of 15 and 19 years were 47 percent less likely to develop head and neck cancer, while users who began at age 20 or older had a 61 percent reduced risk, Kelsey and colleagues found.

https://www.reuters.com/article/healt...57O5DC20090825

Pseudo · 08-26-2009, 05:38 PM

never heard of anyone getting head cancer or neck, is that the same as brain and throat?

**yortbogey** · 08-26-2009, 05:38 PM

wait tell BIG tabacoo....here'z about this..................:laughin g:
times R' chang'in.............

K.J · 08-26-2009, 05:52 PM

Nice find, thanks for posting it.

Storm Crow · 08-26-2009, 06:49 PM

here's the study-

A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19638490

And there's a LOT more like that in "Granny Storm Crow's list" (links below). You would think this would have been front page news!

Granny

**Skip** · 08-26-2009, 09:48 PM

It is front page news on ICMag!

09-04-2009, 01:17 AM

one more study showing the anti cancer properties of ganja
gee... how could it be that a plant that humans have grown for thousands of years, cure cancer?

Haps · 09-04-2009, 03:46 AM

I think it is more of a preventative. And to be prudent, we should both smoke and eat cannabis to make sure we prevent all cancers. I do.

09-04-2009, 11:47 AM

after several studies had been done to try to find a link between smoking cannabis and lung cancer, the results were always tobacco users got cancer, tobacco/cannabis users had reduced rates of cancer, and people whole solely smoked cannabis never got lung cancer

there no link between the act of smoking and cancer. there is a link between smoking tobacco and cancer.
and if it had to do with smoking, then why do people who only chew tobacco (and dont smoke) get cancer in the mouth?

in later studies rats were given various types of cancer, then injected with cannabinoids such as thc in order to see the anti cancer properties
the cannabis either completely eliminated the tumor or slowed it down and extend the life of the animal

cannabis has preventative as well as curative properties in regards to cancer
some people are so stuck in this mindset of smoking is bad , that they forget what logic is
i think smoking is bad for your lungs, but in the way of pulmonary obstruction, which can be avoided if one exercises a little thing called moderation

mitsu1 · 09-07-2009, 11:42 AM

Cool, I'm in that spot, 39 years smoking...mitsu

08-26-2009, 05:38 PM	#2
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08-26-2009, 05:52 PM	#4
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08-26-2009, 06:49 PM	#5
Storm Crow Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,081	In case any of your are interested.... here's the study- A Population-Based Case-Control Study of Marijuana Use and Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19638490 And there's a LOT more like that in "Granny Storm Crow's list" (links below). You would think this would have been front page news! Granny __________________ *"If the truth won't do, then something is wrong!"* Granny's Grandpa- Rev. John Conrad Schwabenland Need MMJ medical studies? Look here- https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.p...=1#post2556045 Granny's list- Now on facebook! https://www.facebook.com/pages/Granny...0974909?ref=nf
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08-26-2009, 09:48 PM	#6
Skip Let's Get Small! Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,456	It is front page news on ICMag! __________________ "America's freedom lies in cannabis." - feltonmuggs "Prohibition is the gateway to fascism." - Treewizard
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09-04-2009, 01:17 AM	#7
alpinestar Guest Posts: n/a	one more study showing the anti cancer properties of ganja gee... how could it be that a plant *that humans have grown for thousands of years*, cure cancer?
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09-04-2009, 03:46 AM	#8
Haps stone fool Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 4,233	I think it is more of a preventative. And to be prudent, we should both smoke and eat cannabis to make sure we prevent all cancers. I do.
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09-04-2009, 11:47 AM	#9
alpinestar Guest Posts: n/a	after several studies had been done to try to find a link between smoking cannabis and lung cancer, the results were always tobacco users got cancer, tobacco/cannabis users had reduced rates of cancer, and people whole solely smoked cannabis never got lung cancer there no link between the act of smoking and cancer. there is a link between smoking tobacco and cancer. and if it had to do with smoking, then why do people who only chew tobacco (and dont smoke) get cancer in the mouth? in later studies rats were given various types of cancer, then injected with cannabinoids such as thc in order to see the anti cancer properties the cannabis either completely eliminated the tumor or slowed it down and extend the life of the animal cannabis has preventative as well as curative properties in regards to cancer some people are so stuck in this mindset of smoking is bad , that they forget what logic is i think smoking is bad for your lungs, but in the way of pulmonary obstruction, which can be avoided if one exercises a little thing called moderation
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09-07-2009, 11:42 AM	#10
mitsu1 Lifetime Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 827	Cool, I'm in that spot, 39 years smoking...mitsu __________________
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