According to that new study in New Zealand, cannabis is more of a carcinogen then cigarettes. Interesting.

Of course, as mentioned, according to the poll MORE people are smoking joints then cigarettes and yet somehow the article has the gull to mention that cannabis could possibly account for up to 1 in every 20 cases of lung cancer! Doesn't add up does it?

Plus, how many of us smoke joints? I would say bongs and pipes must account for at least half the hits, right? So, there's still no filter, but at least they don’t have the added cellulose wrapping.

Here's a favorite part of mine:

"In the near future we may see an 'epidemic' of lung cancers connected with this new carcinogen. And the future risk probably applies to many other countries, where increasing use of cannabis among young adults and adolescents is becoming a major public health problem."

New?! Humans have been smoking cannabis on EVERY continent for thousands of years. Longer then tobacco, I believe.''

Anyway, the most disturbing part of this study is there is no distinction made between those who smoke ONLY cannabis, and those who smoke BOTH cigarettes and cannabis. So, I am personally interested in an informal survey of cannabis smoker’s habits.

IF you smoke both and develop lung cancer, it tells us nothing new about cannabis. IF you get cancer and you have never smoked a cigarette in your life (like Bob Marley), I'm sure we have to assign a small possibility to inhaling burnt cellulose of any plant matter, and lung cancer.

Please contribute to the survey!

The Summer of Love was 41 years ago. Surely we would have seen an epidemic of lung cancers attributed to cannabis by now.

This is simply another scare tactic designed to misinform Joe Lunchbox and Suzy Rottencrotch. Propaganda pure and simple.

I agree that a survey which does not discern between tobacco use and cannabis use is worthless as an indicator of cannabis related cancer.

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totally! another damn scare story for the uninformed general public.

"cannabis could possibly account for up to 1 in every 20 cases of lung cancer!" wow!

i find it odd that studies like these will be used to strengthen the case for cannabis prohibition but noone bothers to prohibit tobacco use for its part in killing 19 of the 20 lung cancer victems in that study.

there is no logic in politics. there is only money.

still looking for this pole. just curious what the % of tokers smoke ONLY weed.

thanks.