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So marijuana really was dangerous to your health...

FelixDeCat

FelixDeCat

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Marijuana testicular cancer link.

Frequent or long-term marijuana use may raise a man's risk of testicular cancer, American research suggests.

The study of 369 men, published in the journal Cancer, found being a regular marijuana user doubled the risk compared to those who never smoked it.

The results suggest that it may be linked to the most aggressive form of the cancer.

A spokesman for Cancer Research UK said that no previous studies had found a link between marijuana and the disease.

Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers in younger men, with approximately 2,000 new cases each year in the UK.

Incidence in Europe and North America is far higher than in some other parts of the world, and has been rising steadily for no apparent reason.

Known risk factors for the cancer include previous injuries to the testicles, a family history of the disease, or suffering from undescended testicles as a young child.

The study from scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle is the first to look specifically at marijuana use in relation to the disease.

They studied 369 men aged 18 to 44, who had been diagnosed with testicular cancer, and quizzed them about marijuana use.

Their replies were compared to those from almost 1,000 apparently healthy control subjects.

Even after adjusting the figures to take account of the other known risk factors, marijuana use remained a clear risk factor for testicular cancer.

Just being a marijuana smoker seemed to carry a 70% extra risk, while those who smoked it regularly, or had smoked from an early age, had twice the risk compared to those who had never smoked it.

A connection was made to nonseminoma, a fast-growing form of testicular cancer which accounts for approximately 40% of all cases, and tends to strike younger.

Puberty chance

Dr Janet Daling, one of the authors, said that puberty might be a "window of opportunity" during which boys were more vulnerable to environmental factors such as the chemicals in marijuana.


"This is consistent with the study's findings that the elevated risk of nonseminoma-type testicular cancer in particular was associated with marijuana use prior to 18," she said.

Another research, Dr Stephen Schwartz, said: "What young men should know is first, we know very little about the long-term health consequences of marijuana smoking, especially heavy marijuana smoking, and second, our study provides some evidence that testicular cancer could be one adverse consequence."

The next step, he said, would be to look more closely at cells in the testicles to see if any of them had receptors set up to respond to cannabis chemicals.

Henry Scowcroft, from Cancer Research UK, said: "As the researchers themselves point out, this is the first inkling that there is any association between chronic marijuana use and testicular cancer.

"But the researchers only interviewed a relatively small number of men.

"So before we can reach any firm conclusions about whether this is a cause-and-effect relationship, rather than a statistical blip, the result needs to be replicated in a much larger study."
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Does this mean no more "trippin' balls" for people that smoke? :shocked:

 
So doubling the risk means instead of having a .001% chance you have a .002% chance.

Sensationalism for the lose.
 
Originally posted by: sdifox
I remember another study where they said the danger was the smoking part.
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Im not a doctor, but it would seem to me that if you ignite something and put in your mouth to inhale the burned particles something is bound to happen. :laugh:
 
Originally posted by: FelixDeKat
Originally posted by: sdifox
I remember another study where they said the danger was the smoking part.
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Im not a doctor, but it would seem to me that if you ignite something and put in your mouth to inhale the burned particles something is bound to happen. :laugh:
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I meant it's the smoking as opposed to THC. So the solution is to extract and condense🙂
 
Originally posted by: moshquerade
what isn't dangerous to your health?
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exercising daily in a padded room, where you eat nothing but water and vegetables.
the rest of your time is spent in meditation and prayer.
 
Originally posted by: sao123
Originally posted by: moshquerade
what isn't dangerous to your health?
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exercising daily in a padded room, where you eat nothing but water and vegetables.
the rest of your time is spent in meditation and prayer.
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Fail! You need the right kinds of fats, protein, carbs, a little bit of everything! Veggie diets aren't healthy.
 
Funded by:
National Institutes of Health; Grant Number: R01CA085914, NO1-PC-35142
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
National Institute on Drug Abuse; Grant Number: R37DA06668



HMMMMMmmmmmm........

But besides that, it's a pretty tenuous connection, at best, right now.
 
http://www.cbc.ca/health/story.../02/09/pot-cancer.html

A much less sensational article on the same research. A few choice quotes from it:

"Among the cancer group, about 73 per cent said they had smoked pot at some point compared with 68 per cent in the other group."

"This is a very rare malignancy, seen in about one per 100,000 men per year," said Bell. "One has to really question the significance of this."

The researchers did not find a link between marijuana and the more common form of testicular cancer.



So there is only a 5% difference in the percentage of pot smokers in each group. And really, the researchers didn't find much of a link between weed and testicular cancer.

 
Originally posted by: sao123
Originally posted by: moshquerade
what isn't dangerous to your health?
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exercising daily in a padded room, where you eat nothing but water and vegetables.
the rest of your time is spent in meditation and prayer.
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Actually, that's pretty bad for you too. Exercise too much and might give yourself a heart attack. Red meat has vitamins and nutrients you can't get from veggies.
 
Originally posted by: Babbles
It has also shown to be a neurotoxin, shockingly enough.
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THC is a natural insecticide; its neurotoxic properties being largely insignificant on higher vertebrates.

This is the purpose of THC, and has long been known.
 
i've heard that if your study on marijuana has any possible positive side, the gov't will not give you the marijuana to research with.
 
Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: Babbles
It has also shown to be a neurotoxin, shockingly enough.
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THC is a natural insecticide; its neurotoxic properties being largely insignificant on higher vertebrates.

This is the purpose of THC, and has long been known.
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May want to have a talk with the folks over at the Journal of Neuroscience: LINK

Abstract at PubMed:
LINK

Interesting abstract on how THC is both a neuroprotectorant and neurotoxin: LINK

So potentially if one has liaisons on the brain (Alzheimer's?) than the use of cannabis could be a benefit. I imagine, though, that most people who typically enjoy toking up do not have Alzheimer's.
 
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