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I've been a daily user for about 30 years now. It's more like coffee and cigarettes than it is like heroin or alcohol.
by snarfy 10y ago
I've been a daily user for about 30 years now. It's more like coffee and cigarettes than it is like heroin or alcohol.
- givinguflac 10y agoAmen.
- crazydude202 10y agoI didn't realize marijuana caused cancer.
- pessimizer 10y agoAs far as we know, it doesn't. Some studies suggest that it may shrink lung tumors. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802821 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23802821 http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/cannabis-pdq#link/_26_toc http://www.cancer.gov/about-cancer/treatment/cam/hp/cannabis...
- FreeFull 10y agoAny kind of smoke inhalation will cause cancer
- arca_vorago 10y agoSmoking isnt the only way to consume mj, btw. Tinctures, edibles, lotions, lip balms, etc all offer alternatives. From what I understand vaping reduces plant particulate the most, but the high temps can hurt throats, so an ideal setup would be a vape through a bong.
- ryanlol 10y agoDabbing is something worth looking at too, shares the benefits of vapes but generally requires far fewer hits. Just gotta watch the dosage so you don't accidentally end up stuck on the couch for the rest of the day.
- qaq 10y agoAny kind of smoke inhalation CAN cause cancer
- ryanlol 10y agoPretty much any kind of anything CAN cause cancer. WARNING: This comment contains words known to the state of California to cause cancer.
- dekhn 10y agoCitation, please.
- dekhn 10y agoI really wish you had replied with some actual citations, because in fact, many types of smoking do not cause cancer (to the best of our modern scientific ability). In particular, there is no unambiguous evidence that smoking marijuana causes cancer, and in fact, the predominant findings today support the hypothesis that marijuana smoking has a slight protective effect against cancer. If you want to learn more, the book "Primer of Biostatistics" cites a number of studies (see the problem section) where numerous studies showed an absence of cancer being caused by marijuana smoke inhalation using controlled trials. Further work on humans has also shown no credible evidence. That's just marijuana. There are other substances that are smoked and have no evidence of increased cancer rates. If you're going to make a general assertion, please back it up with scientific data.
- joesmo 10y agoFalse. Please cite a reference.
- arca_vorago 10y agoWow, 30 years! Is it for a medical condition? I have a friend with ptsd who uses regularly, but he claims he feels a "buildup" in hos brain so he does a week or two on and a week or two, sometimes more off. Do you feel that as well?
- snarfy 10y agoI have/had stomach ulcers and was self medicating for a long time before getting it treated. Now it's mostly habitual. Your body builds up a large tolerance rapidly, like 10x difference when you are a daily user vs casual user. I can see why your friend takes a break once in a while. If I smoke 0.5 gram (about 5 large pulls from a pipe), the effects wear off in about 2 hours. If I take a break for two weeks, one tiny pull from the pipe will last about 4-6 hours or longer. I might not feel clear headed until the next day.
- mastax 10y agoThis video is dry yet informative: https://youtu.be/DAiIShrNhEE https://youtu.be/DAiIShrNhEE tl;dr: slowly increase consumption to promote cannabinoid sensitivity and avoid overconsumption which raises tolerance