Poll: Which is safer? Marijuana, or cigs (tobacco products)?
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like health wise? depends on how it's ingested, what quanity, what kind of a ratio, at 1:1 filtered cigarettes with win hands down on the effects a joint has on your lungs.
I always heard that smoking one joint is like smoking ten filtered cigarettes, dunno how much truth there is in that though.
Well, it depends. I have a friend who says that bong smoke is cleaner because it is filtered by the water. So I'd say maryJ if in a bong cuz I've seen dirty ass bong water, otherwise, cig. I don't really care, don't really bother with the stuff. Drugs are bad, mmkay?
Tobacco is both physically and psychologically addicting, while maryjane is generally only psychologically addictive, depending on the individual. Some people really go downhill, and others live well and prosper. It kind of depends on your emotional/psychological health to begin with.
Frankly, I think the tobacco companies are evil.
Disclaimer
I am not endorsing pot. Just answering the question based on my study of the subject in college.
Frankly, I think the tobacco companies are evil.
Disclaimer
I am not endorsing pot. Just answering the question based on my study of the subject in college.
Cigarette per cigarette, marijuana is hugely more toxic than tobacco - studies suggest 1 marijuana cigarette is roughly equivalent to 10-30 tobacco cigarettes. Marijuana is strongly linked to a number of lung diseases such as lung cancer, including an otherwise rare, severe destructive emphysema.
Marijuana is also known to precipitate mental illness, such as schizophrenia. It is also associated with severe anxiety or panic attacks immediately after use.
Heavy long-term use is strongly linked to loss of mental function, especially short-term memory. In the most severe cases, abusers have been left with essentially no useful memory function.
Other risks involve impairment of skilled tasks such as driving. Tests involving subjects using a driving simulator have shown that 1 marijuana cigarette can impair driving to the same extent as the legal limit of alcohol for up to 36 hours.
The effects of cigarette smoking on health are well known:
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Western countries, yet in non-smokers it is not common. Smoking even 10 cigarettes per day increases your risk of lung cancer by 10x. Smoking 40/day increases risk by almost 50x.
Smoking is also responsible for the vast majority of cases of chronic bronchitis or emphysema - which result in enormous disability.
Heart disease, and other arterial disease is also linked to cigarette smoking.
Cigarettes are also tremendously addictive - some have estimated them to be more addictive than heroin, and approaching cocaine.
In short, they're both bad, and I wouldn't smoke either.
Marijuana is also known to precipitate mental illness, such as schizophrenia. It is also associated with severe anxiety or panic attacks immediately after use.
Heavy long-term use is strongly linked to loss of mental function, especially short-term memory. In the most severe cases, abusers have been left with essentially no useful memory function.
Other risks involve impairment of skilled tasks such as driving. Tests involving subjects using a driving simulator have shown that 1 marijuana cigarette can impair driving to the same extent as the legal limit of alcohol for up to 36 hours.
The effects of cigarette smoking on health are well known:
Lung cancer is the most common cancer in Western countries, yet in non-smokers it is not common. Smoking even 10 cigarettes per day increases your risk of lung cancer by 10x. Smoking 40/day increases risk by almost 50x.
Smoking is also responsible for the vast majority of cases of chronic bronchitis or emphysema - which result in enormous disability.
Heart disease, and other arterial disease is also linked to cigarette smoking.
Cigarettes are also tremendously addictive - some have estimated them to be more addictive than heroin, and approaching cocaine.
In short, they're both bad, and I wouldn't smoke either.
Its like asking whether you want to get shot or stabbed? The answer is "neither is safer" for both questions.
Windogg
Windogg
<< Heavy long-term use is strongly linked to loss of mental function, especially short-term memory. In the most severe cases, abusers have been left with essentially no useful memory function. >>
There's the reason behind my vote. I've never known tobacco to 'kill brain cells'.
Question: Is smoking pot bad for you?
Answer: Yes, it causes your butt to be thrown in jail!
(cigarettes are legalized poison)
I don't endorse pot smoking mainly because it is illegal, but I think alcohol use is just as potentially treacherous. Binge drinking is mighty bad, and that just means more than two drinks in one evening for a 150 lb person, and more than 3 for a 200 lb person... so if you are truly concerned about your health, don't do that, either! BTW, I think alcohol is known to destroy brain cells as well. I know it is definitely bad for you if had in anything more than light moderation.
I've noticed that many people who demonize pot also slam down the beers. What's with that? Is it drinking okay because it is legal? If pot became legal, would more people smoke it? Would they smoke joint after joint like guys slamming down beers? I still wouldn't smoke it because I have kids, and I have to be awake and aware at all times. Plus, I have to model the behavior I want them to learn. For the same reason, I don't have more than a glass of wine after dinner. Well.... sometimes two.
I'm just curious. I guess that's a 'whole 'nother' thread I suppose.
Answer: Yes, it causes your butt to be thrown in jail!
(cigarettes are legalized poison)
I don't endorse pot smoking mainly because it is illegal, but I think alcohol use is just as potentially treacherous. Binge drinking is mighty bad, and that just means more than two drinks in one evening for a 150 lb person, and more than 3 for a 200 lb person... so if you are truly concerned about your health, don't do that, either! BTW, I think alcohol is known to destroy brain cells as well. I know it is definitely bad for you if had in anything more than light moderation.
I've noticed that many people who demonize pot also slam down the beers. What's with that? Is it drinking okay because it is legal? If pot became legal, would more people smoke it? Would they smoke joint after joint like guys slamming down beers? I still wouldn't smoke it because I have kids, and I have to be awake and aware at all times. Plus, I have to model the behavior I want them to learn. For the same reason, I don't have more than a glass of wine after dinner. Well.... sometimes two.
I'm just curious. I guess that's a 'whole 'nother' thread I suppose.
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