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Large Study Finds No Link between Marijuana and Lung Cancer (pg. 3)
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| Dopey |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
1. I'm skeptical of this study.
2. Smoke out of a vaporizer...that actually ISN'T bad for you b/c there's no tar or something - just what a friend told me.
3. I heard they're going to criminalize the stuff again. True/False? Already been done? |
1. why would you be skeptical of a study done by ucla med school (and it isnt the first study)
2. doesn't taste good
3. what he said |
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| Skipper |
| quote: | Originally posted by starsearcher
I don't believe there was ever an ACTUAL scientific proof that yes yes 100% cigarettes cause cancer...everyone knows they're bad, everyone knows that they could...but i don't think it was actually ever scientifically proven |
That's because to be able to study people not exposed to SOME level of other carcinogens would be impossible unless you locked them in a vacuum sealed room for the duration of the study.
However, the fact that the incidence of lung cancer is drastically higher in those who smoke vs those who don't allows us to reasonably conclude that there is a significant correlation between smoking and lung cancer, because those who don't smoke are generally exposed to all of the same OTHER carcinogens as smokers.
You're playing on the difference between cause and correlation....which in the case of smoking, there is not a big difference between the two. |
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| Adamo |
"All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed, and third, it is accepted as self-evident."
Arthur Schopenhauer, Philosopher, 1788-1860
...celebrating this news in 5...4...3...2...1... |
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| mushyflowa |
mwahhaha..
sweet..
this is green light to everyone who wants to join the green crew.. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
2. Smoke out of a vaporizer...that actually ISN'T bad for you b/c there's no tar or something - just what a friend told me.
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THere is no SMOKE from a vapourizer. It works by heating up the water in the pot and turning it into water vapour. As this happens, it binds with the THC(active chemical in pot), and is contained in the vapourizer. All you inhale, is water vapour and THC, no plant substance, and there fore no tar.
Ive had one for years, and it is wonderful for those people with sensitive lungs. |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by The Highroller
Understandable. Society has pounded it into our heads that smoking cigarettes is so bad, that people just automatically assume that smoking pot is just as bad, if not worse. These perceived harmful affects of smoking pot have never been proven. As a matter of fact, it now seems that it is being disproven.
As far as I know, since it was initially criminalized in this country, pot has never been decriminalized. There was talk of decriminalizing it a while back, but it never actually happened. |
I have always believed that smoking cigarettes was very harmful to you body, and have believed that smoking pot is also harmful, but not NEARLY as much. However...that still hasn't stopped me from toking. I don't smoke cigarettes though - but that's just b/c I don't find any use in it.
As for the crimilization and decriminialization, I was under the impression that being in possession of a small amount of pot was not a federal offence. I don't know much about politics and that stuff though, and I know you are Graham so I trust you!!
| quote: | Originally posted by Dopey
1. why would you be skeptical of a study done by ucla med school (and it isnt the first study)
2. doesn't taste good
3. what he said |
1. The same reason people are skeptical of studies that prove that smoking can cause lung cancer.
2. Well that your opinion. I think it tastes awesome. |
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| Dopey |
| quote: | Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*
think it tastes awesome. |
really? out of a vapo? I duno, I like to taste the different kinds I get and I really don't find that it tastes like anything when it doesnt have the 'tar' I guess. Tar gives it taste!!! lol I duno but I would take a nice joint over a machine any day. maybe with tier weed it's acceptable but not wit de greenest of dem greens (and by that it could be orange or red or blue or what have you) <--rhymed |
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| *~LiSa-LoO~* |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dopey
really? out of a vapo? I duno, I like to taste the different kinds I get and I really don't find that it tastes like anything when it doesnt have the 'tar' I guess. Tar gives it taste!!! lol I duno but I would take a nice joint over a machine any day. maybe with tier weed it's acceptable but not wit de greenest of dem greens (and by that it could be orange or red or blue or what have you) <--rhymed |
I don't mind the taste of weed. I don't enjoy it as much as you do it looks like. Have you tried those pot flavoured lollypops?! Haha But I don't smoke pot for the taste, I smoke it to get high. So vaporizers are good in my books. |
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| Orko |
| quote: | Originally posted by Dopey
really? out of a vapo? I duno, I like to taste the different kinds I get and I really don't find that it tastes like anything when it doesnt have the 'tar' I guess. Tar gives it taste!!! lol I duno but I would take a nice joint over a machine any day. maybe with tier weed it's acceptable but not wit de greenest of dem greens (and by that it could be orange or red or blue or what have you) <--rhymed |
Tastes like steamed veggies. |
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| MarkT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
THere is no SMOKE from a vapourizer. It works by heating up the water in the pot and turning it into water vapour. As this happens, it binds with the THC(active chemical in pot), and is contained in the vapourizer. All you inhale, is water vapour and THC, no plant substance, and there fore no tar.
Ive had one for years, and it is wonderful for those people with sensitive lungs. |
vaporizers rock...I'm often just too lazy to use mine :D |
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| Dopey |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Tastes like steamed veggies. |
like steamed grass. fukin nasty compared to weed taste imo |
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| Platipus |
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
Wait, in this report they say the 'leaves'...who the hell is smoking the leaves!? They are seriously missing out on the good stuff (buds). |
Correction: Actually, the "bud" is all leaf. Just condensed branches. :)
| quote: | Originally posted by Orko
THere is no SMOKE from a vapourizer. It works by heating up the water in the pot and turning it into water vapour. As this happens, it binds with the THC(active chemical in pot), and is contained in the vapourizer. All you inhale, is water vapour and THC, no plant substance, and there fore no tar. |
Correction: THC cannot be binded to water or sugar, It requires an alcohol or fat based molecule to piggyback. A vaporizer simply Heats the active chemicals (CNB's, CDB's, and the most common THC) which are then captured in a chamber ready to be inhaled
This education lesson is brought to you by the House of Tokeroo. :)
Now back to your regularly scheduled program. |
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