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T. A. Gardner said:
Okay.

Marijuana contains 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke, and thus has the potential to cause cancer. However, Donald Tashkin, M.D., professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA in Los Angeles, has found that marijuana use is not linked to an increase in lung, head or neck cancers. Tashkin surmises that this is due to a chemical within marijuana that kills off cells before they become cancerous.
https://healthfully.com/differences-between-smoking-cigarettes-marijuana-4295722.html

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

The Māori ingenious people of New Zealand are the heaviest marijuana smokers in the world. They also have the highest rate of lung cancer in the world. They also don't use tobacco to any significant degree.

Māori have higher chance of getting cancer - study
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-...oor living conditions and a high smoking rate.

'Epidemic' of cannabis use tied to Maori cancer rate
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/kahu/epi...maori-cancer-rate/76GDQ5QAGG26RDEHTPVNH3BYZ4/

Marijuana also can result in a greatly increased chance of becoming bipolar from prolonged use

There have been numerous studies on the link between bipolar disorder and cannabis. These studies feature in a 2017 review from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI).

The report found a link between cannabis use and the following health issues:

developing bipolar at an earlier age
longer or worse manic episodes
higher likelihood of suicide attempts
rapid cycling or quickly shifting from manic to depressive episodes
suicide ideation in people who were heavy users of THC
The report also highlighted a 2015 studyTrusted Source, which found that people with bipolar disorder who used cannabis were less likely to go into remission for their condition than those who did not.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/ar...ipolar-disorder#cannabis-and-bipolar-disorder

Marijuana and Bipolar Symptom Worsening
There is some evidence connecting marijuana and bipolar symptom worsening.2 This research shows that cannabis use in people with psychosis is associated with an earlier onset of the first psychotic episode. It's also associated with manic symptoms and difficulty thinking.
https://www.verywellmind.com/can-marijuana-help-your-bipolar-disorder-3973342

It also has a heightened chance of causing schizophrenia and psychosis...

One thing that marijuana and schizophrenia have in common is psychosis. It isn’t a mental illness -- rather, it’s a symptom. When you have psychosis, your thoughts are disrupted in a way that makes it hard for you to tell what’s real and what’s not. You might see or hear things that aren’t there, or you might have strange thoughts that won’t go away. Psychosis is a symptom of schizophrenia.

Studies have found that when you’re high on marijuana, you can have psychotic symptoms.
https://www.webmd.com/schizophrenia...ymptoms is THC (delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol).

Recent research suggests that smoking high-potency marijuana every day could increase the chances of developing psychosis by nearly five times compared to people who have never used marijuana.
https://nida.nih.gov/publications/r...k-between-marijuana-use-psychiatric-disorders

How Marijuana May Drive the Brain into Psychosis
https://www.livescience.com/17707-marijuana-thc-brain-psychosis.html

It is also as dangerous as alcohol in terms of driving and DUI

Marijuana may impair judgment, motor coordination, and reaction time, and studies have found a direct relationship between blood THC concentration and impaired driving ability.7–9

Marijuana is the illicit drug most frequently found in the blood of drivers who have been involved in vehicle crashes, including fatal ones.10 Two large European studies found that drivers with THC in their blood were roughly twice as likely to be culpable for a fatal crash than drivers who had not used drugs or alcohol.
https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana/does-marijuana-use-affect-driving

In recent years, drug-impaired driving has become a major highway safety issue. According to a NHTSA study, from 2007-2013 there was a 48% increase in weekend nighttime drivers who tested positive for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)—the chemical responsible for marijuana’s psychological effects.
https://www.nhtsa.gov/drug-impaired-driving/understanding-how-marijuana-affects-driving

So, to sum up. Regular, and in particular heavy, marijuana use will negatively affect your health and can result in cancer just like smoking. It is about as dangerous as driving drunk to drive high. It can cause you to develop mental illnesses like bipolar disease, psychosis, and schizophrenia. Thus, in it's own way it is as dangerous to your well-being as alcohol and probably more so than smoking tobacco.
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I don't smoke,edibles are your friend
 
NiftyNiblick said:
I haven't gotten really, up in the clouds stoned since a 1987 union convention in Miami.
The Fontainebleau Hotel had open air balconies, and it probably wasn't safe for me to be out on them.

Good times for a forty-year old going through the usual forty year old things.
After quitting cigarettes, however, I didn't want to smoke anything anymore lest I backtrack.
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Which is why the gods, in their great wisdom, created edibles. lol
 
Phantasmal said:
From your first article, did you read it?

“has found that marijuana use is not linked to an increase in lung, head or neck cancers. Tashkin surmises that this is due to a chemical within marijuana that kills off cells before they become cancerous.”
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Yes, I did. It points out that there are 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic chemicals present compared to tobacco. Cancer studies on marijuana alone are still fairly rare. The most long-term studies like those on the Maori in NZ, show that there is a much higher rate among heavy pot users. One British study I read (sorry, I'll keep looing for it can't find it atm) stated cancer rates as high as triple. Two reasons they gave for that is marijuana is smoked unfiltered, and closer to the butt of the joint usually meaning the smoker takes in far more of the cancerous producing substances.
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Yes, I did. It points out that there are 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic chemicals present compared to tobacco. Cancer studies on marijuana alone are still fairly rare. The most long-term studies like those on the Maori in NZ, show that there is a much higher rate among heavy pot users. One British study I read (sorry, I'll keep looing for it can't find it atm) stated cancer rates as high as triple. Two reasons they gave for that is marijuana is smoked unfiltered, and closer to the butt of the joint usually meaning the smoker takes in far more of the cancerous producing substances.
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What about edibles?
 
T. A. Gardner said:
Yes, I did. It points out that there are 50 to 70 percent more carcinogenic chemicals present compared to tobacco. Cancer studies on marijuana alone are still fairly rare. The most long-term studies like those on the Maori in NZ, show that there is a much higher rate among heavy pot users. One British study I read (sorry, I'll keep looing for it can't find it atm) stated cancer rates as high as triple. Two reasons they gave for that is marijuana is smoked unfiltered, and closer to the butt of the joint usually meaning the smoker takes in far more of the cancerous producing substances.
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Yet, you did not pay attention to the rest of the paragraph which was more important than the first part of the paragraph.

The study in New Zealand says “maybe the cause”…no definitive proof.
 
I was going to wait a week to talk about this, but weed's not legal in TX. I had to get drug-tested to get my current sales position and no way would test negative. So, either the test they gave me failed, or the company I work for now ignored the positive result.

So, what I've done is quit. I'm a little worried someone just overlooked the positive test result for weed and I might be terminated when that happens, so I'm going to wait 30 days for it to leave my system so if I do get canned, I'll pass if the next company I apply to tests me . Everyone seems to now, especially for sales positions.

I've not had any weed since the 10th. I've also cut way down on my drinking - maybe one beer or drink and night after work.

So far I don't miss it.
 
LurchAddams said:
I was going to wait a week to talk about this, but weed's not legal in TX. I had to get drug-tested to get my current sales position and no way would test negative. So, either the test they gave me failed, or the company I work for now ignored the positive result.

So, what I've done is quit. I'm a little worried someone just overlooked the positive test result for weed and I might be terminated when that happens, so I'm going to wait 30 days for it to leave my system so if I do get canned, I'll pass if the next company I apply to tests me . Everyone seems to now, especially for sales positions.

I've not had any weed since the 10th. I've also cut way down on my drinking - maybe one beer or drink and night after work.

So far I don't miss it.
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I had a simple policy! I don't take drug test! Why?
Because it's none of my fucking employers business what I do on my time!
 
I love myself way too much to put that junk in my body. Dont need it, never did,....Im high on life......:)
 
I AM said:
I had a simple policy! I don't take drug test! Why?
Because it's none of my fucking employers business what I do on my time!
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It's a requirement. You can't refuse to take the test for pre-employment screening. I had to do it when I was in WA for two of my jobs as well. They make you sign a document authorizing the test during pre-employment. If you don't sign the document, you don't get considered for the position. You also have to authorize, at pre-employment their right to random drug test you whenever they want. Now, that's never happened to me - I think they want the option if an employee starts behaving erratically to find out if the reason is drugs.

Of course one can refuse to sign anything, but then you don't get either the interview or the job if you refuse.
 
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