i have read the same thing too.. i know several people who have asthma and smoke weed. it doesnt help them tho at all.. i had one buddy who almost died from taking a gravity bong hit because of his asthma (turned blue and shit). guess for some it may work but i have not yet met a person whos asthma gets better with smoking weed. it has always been worse. i am sure it depends on the type of asthma.. maybe a vaporizer would help since it is mild smoke.

--420Blunt's

It may well be good for most asthmatics. I don't know.

I'm not an asthmatic, but...I haven't smoked a joint in more than 5 years. Before that, I smoked maybe 5 joints, all from different suppliers, over a space of 20 years (I'm 36). Every hit I ever took hurt my chest. And smoking the stuff made my chest hurt for two days, and made me cough for two days.

The other day, just out of curiosity, I took a hit off my Mom's vaporizer (she uses for medical reasons). Same thing...lot's of coughing and chest hurt. It makes her cough some too, but she says it doesn't really hurt her chest much. And the vaporizer isn't too hot (temp-wise), either. In other words, it's vapor not smoke. The good I can say about it is that it didn't make me cough as long or make my chest hurt for as long as smoke would have.

As I remember, I could have ridden a bicycle a few miles before smoking, but afterward? No. Or maybe I could've, but the pain and coughing just made it seem like a terribly crappy idea. And I'm one of those that can't really get high from smoking, so it definitely wasn't due to being high.

Point I'm trying to make is, inhaling affects different people in different ways. It may be good for some asthmatics, but it can cause other people quite a lot of discomfort, even pain.


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best way: most economical and quickest result--BONG
favorite way: most satisfying, best tasting--NICE HEMP PAPER JOINT.
necessary way: with the stickest of da icky-BONG or GLASS PIPE.

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thanks to floraidacity2004's post of 700 articles on medicinal marijuana, here is a list of articles on the concerns of marijuana and asthma.


Asthma
The Cannabinergic System as a Target for Anti-inflammatory Therapies
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/conte...000013/art00008

Acute and subacute bronchial effects of oral cannabinoids.
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...how.php?s_id=44

Comparison of bronchial effects of nabilone and terbutaline
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...how.php?s_id=43

Bronchial effects of aerosolized delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...ow.php?s_id=109

Bronchodilator effect of delta1-tetrahydrocannabinol administered by aerosol
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...how.php?s_id=60

Effects of smoked marijuana in experimentally induced asthma.
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...how.php?s_id=57

marijuana and oral delta9-tetrahydrocannabinol on specific airway conductance
http://www.cannabis-med.org/studies...how.php?s_id=67

New Synthetic Delta-9-THC [COLOR=gray !important][COLOR=gray !important]Inhaler[/color][/color] Offers Safe, Rapid Delivery
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/22937.php

Smoked marijuana and oral delta-9-THC on specific airway conductance in asthmatic subjects
http://www.ukcia.org/research/Smoke...InAsthmatic.php


i do prefer articles or substance over my friend or a friend of a friend

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so that means i should fill my lungs with so much weed and cant breathe or catch my breath than? bravo.do you even have a long family line of asthma related deaths because i find myself needing my inhaler after i smoke.yes weed helps asthma i know this but when you smoke 3-4 dutches and 12-20 bowl packs everyday then you'll understand what i'm talking about... i cough up unnatural shit and there's always huge deposites of mucus logged in my chest only after i smoke.... explain that.

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thats funny. i deff exceed 12-20 bowls a day. i smoke at least a half o or more of bomb shit a week i hit the gravity bong, vap, bong, sometimes bowls and joints. i breathe just fine. i ride my bicycle and run with my dog a lot. i watch what i eat. spot smoking those dutches, they put nasty shit in your lungs. use hemp paper. no i do not come from a long line of asthma sufferers. i come from a long line of pot smokers and none of them has any cronic illnesses. maybe your parents and their parents parents should have smoked more...
weed, diet, exercise, productiveness, and positive living is a great recipe for life!!!

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well being that i cannot control those variables my 'Vagina lungs" dont need a gravity bong hit

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ha ha...obonga. i don't have a vaporizer but i will never smoke a gravity bong again. puke! i like the bong. i've got a pipe v.s. bong poll thread somewhere.