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Smoking cannabis 'damages lungs' | 10/16/2017 | smoking, lungs, second hand smoke |
Even after less than six years of smoking the drug, the ill effects were already being seen on their breathing, according the research presented at the British Thoracic Society (BTS) winter meeting. |
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Learn more about the risks marijuana use poses to your health. | 01/29/2017 | Brain, heart, lungs, mental health, poisoning, Pregnancy, driving, CDC, stroke, Side-Effects |
Here are just a few of the health effects you may want to know:
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Marijuana and Lung Health | 07/15/2015 | lungs, second hand smoke |
Smoke is harmful to lung health. Whether from burning wood, tobacco or marijuana, toxins and carcinogens are released from the combustion of materials. Smoke from marijuana combustion has been shown to contain many of the same toxins, irritants and carcinogens as tobacco smoke.4-7 |
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Medical Marijuana: The State of the Science | 02/06/2015 | Studies, Research, medscape, mental health, Side-Effects, heart, lungs, body, Brain, youth, cannabis, Resource Paper |
Medical cannabinoids are here to stay, but intellectual honesty is imperative if we are moving toward exploiting their potential benefits. Owing to rising THC concentrations of products, "medical" marijuana is rarely good medicine. This review has identified the dangers associated with wholeplant marijuana, whether used for recreational or for supposedly medical purposes. |
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Medical Marijuana: The State of the Science | 02/03/2015 | Potency, Studies, lungs, cigarettes, Pregnancy |
State of the Science 190 resources |
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Should Marijuana Require Warning Labels? | 03/12/2014 | lungs, harm, warning, Side-Effects | ||
Smoking Marijuana and the Lungs | 09/09/2013 | lungs, aspergillus, second hand smoke |
Since marijuana contains cancer-causing chemicals (carcinogens) similar to tobacco smoke, your risk for lung cancer may be increased if you smoke marijuana. Also, marijuana users expose their lungs to a larger amount of smoke because they tend to inhale more deeply, smoke without filters, and hold their breath when they inhale. This type of inhalation pattern exposes your lungs to more smoke than a cigarette.
Aspergillus can live on the marijuana plant and be inhaled in the marijuana smoke. It is not recommended that you smoke marijuana if you have cancer, are taking chemotherapy, have had a lung transplant, or have a weak immune system.
Second-hand smoke (inhalation of another person’s marijuana smoke) can cause serious health problems, especially in infants and children or anyone with a chronic lung condition. Second-hand marijuana smoke contains many poisons including cyanide and ammonia.
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