More than half of Americans live in places where recreational marijuana is legal

T. A. Gardner said:
So, we should be seeing a major increase in stupid in the US should we?
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There won't be a change in anything. There has never been a shortage of quality weed on the streets. Not for more than 40 years save for that brief period where Raygun and then Bush1 tightened the borders.

Then something amazing happened...most of the best quality weed was being grown in the U.S.

Legal weed is just a novelty for people who want to flaunt the issue in public.

Adults have no need to show off.
 
Althea said:
There won't be a change in anything. There has never been a shortage of quality weed on the streets. Not for more than 40 years save for that brief period where Raygun and then Bush1 tightened the borders.

Then something amazing happened...most of the best quality weed was being grown in the U.S.

Legal weed is just a novelty for people who want to flaunt the issue in public.

Adults have no need to show off.
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Okay, reasonable enough. Will there be legally required warnings for this product's use like there are for tobacco products?
 
BidenPresident said:
What scientific research shows marijuana to cause cancer?
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https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem....king-of-health/marijuana-and-lung-cancer-risk

Smoked marijuana delivers THC and other cannabinoids to the body, but it also delivers harmful substances, including many of the same toxins and carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) found in tobacco smoke,3 which are harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system.4 More research is needed to understand the effects marijuana might have on lung and other respiratory cancers. However, limited evidence of an association between current, frequent, or chronic marijuana smoking and testicular cancer (non-seminoma-type) has been documented.1,5

Because marijuana can be used in different ways, with different levels of active compounds, it can affect each person differently. More research is needed to understand the full impact of marijuana use on cancer.
https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/cancer.html

“Marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke share carcinogens, including toxic gases, reactive oxygen species, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzo[alpha]pyrene and phenols, which are 20 times higher in unfiltered marijuana than in cigarette smoke,” write first author Dr. Mehrnaz Ghasemiesfe and colleagues.

“Given that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and smoking remains the largest preventable cause of cancer death (responsible for 28.6% of all cancer deaths in 2014), similar toxic effects of marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke may have important health implications,” they go on to emphasize.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327230

Smoking marijuana may be more harmful to lungs than smoking cigarettes, study finds
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/smoki...king-cigarettes-study-finds/story?id=93283206

'Epidemic' of cannabis use tied to Maori cancer rate
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/epi...maori-cancer-rate/76GDQ5QAGG26RDEHTPVNH3BYZ4/
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Okay, reasonable enough. Will there be legally required warnings for this product's use like there are for tobacco products?
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I hope so. FWIW, I was never in favor of legalization. Kids seem to think that it gives free rein to smoke while driving, which is not good.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
https://www.mayoclinichealthsystem....king-of-health/marijuana-and-lung-cancer-risk

Smoked marijuana delivers THC and other cannabinoids to the body, but it also delivers harmful substances, including many of the same toxins and carcinogens (cancer-causing chemicals) found in tobacco smoke,3 which are harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system.4 More research is needed to understand the effects marijuana might have on lung and other respiratory cancers. However, limited evidence of an association between current, frequent, or chronic marijuana smoking and testicular cancer (non-seminoma-type) has been documented.1,5

Because marijuana can be used in different ways, with different levels of active compounds, it can affect each person differently. More research is needed to understand the full impact of marijuana use on cancer.
https://www.cdc.gov/marijuana/health-effects/cancer.html

“Marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke share carcinogens, including toxic gases, reactive oxygen species, and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, such as benzo[alpha]pyrene and phenols, which are 20 times higher in unfiltered marijuana than in cigarette smoke,” write first author Dr. Mehrnaz Ghasemiesfe and colleagues.

“Given that cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States and smoking remains the largest preventable cause of cancer death (responsible for 28.6% of all cancer deaths in 2014), similar toxic effects of marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke may have important health implications,” they go on to emphasize.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/327230

Smoking marijuana may be more harmful to lungs than smoking cigarettes, study finds
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/smoki...king-cigarettes-study-finds/story?id=93283206

'Epidemic' of cannabis use tied to Maori cancer rate
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/epi...maori-cancer-rate/76GDQ5QAGG26RDEHTPVNH3BYZ4/
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That may be, but now with vaporizers you don't burn the cellulose.

And...the major difference between tobacco and weed use is that people smoke far more cigs/day than joints. Which might be why it's rare to get lung cancer from weed.
 
Althea said:
That may be, but now with vaporizers you don't burn the cellulose.

And...the major difference between tobacco and weed use is that people smoke far more cigs/day than joints. Which might be why it's rare to get lung cancer from weed.
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All true. But for those that smoke marijuana, it is about--weight for weight--three times as carcinogenous as tobacco. Some of that has to do with the chemical content, and some with it being smoked unfiltered and usually closer to the butt of the joint.
 
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