Slog - Comments on Good News for Pot Smokers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers Remember that report released by researchers in New Zealand who claimed smoking a joint a day was just as cancerous as smoking a daily pack of cigarettes? A scientist at the UCLA, Dr. Donald Tashkin, who conducted a more comprehensive study in the U.S., says the New Zealand study is bogus. From Counterpunch: Tashkin said the New Zealanders employed "statistical sleight of hand." He deemed it "completely implausible that smokers of only 365 joints of marijuana have a risk for developing lung cancer similar to that of smokers of 7,000 tobacco cigarettes... Their small sample size led to vastly inflated... Copyright 2008 Mon, 05 May 2008 09:19:44 -0800 Mon, 05 May 2008 19:27:19 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mike in MO cancer be damned...quality weed is it's own reward.

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013650 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013650 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 09:29:22 -0800 Comment by Jefff Cancer risk, probably not much. Schizophrenia risk, yes, studies show there is a link. Having lost a sister to this illness (suicide), I would like to hear more warnings on the risk of pot smoking causing psychosis.

]]> Jefff http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013651 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013651 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:10 -0800 Comment by boxofbirds I remember something like that from my DARE class back in the day. It said something like smoking a joint had the same harmful chemicals as a bowl full of filtered cigarettes.

Is there any science behind this myth?

]]> boxofbirds http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013652 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 09:30:24 -0800 Comment by PJ I'm a regular marijuana smoker and I also smoke a cigarette very infrequently. I find that when I smoke a cigarette, which I do about once every six months because I'm stupid, my lungs feel fucked up for two days. Marijuana seems to have no adverse effects, at the least when I smoke a small amount of high quality stuff. Of course this doesn't speak to cancer risk, but I think it provides circumstantial evidence that cigarette smoke is much worse than a small amount of marijuana smoke.

]]> PJ http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013662 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013662 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 09:47:38 -0800 Comment by Fifty-Two-Eighty Actually, the ability to make THC patches has been around for quite a while now. But, of course, we'll never see it happen, because that would require the government to admit that it's a legitimate drug.

]]> Fifty-Two-Eighty http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013666 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013666 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 09:54:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's a shame we can't return to the high quality government hemp days.

;-)

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013678 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013678 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 10:18:58 -0800 Comment by NaFun lame keyboard skillz.

...and the US government has never produced anything close to high-quality marijuana.

So what were you saying?

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013704 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013704 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 10:47:43 -0800 Comment by max solomon NOW you tell me? i just quit!

]]> max solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013715 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013715 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 10:56:00 -0800 Comment by NaFun sorry, I'm having trouble with this keyboard and weird things are happening.

Will, what are you talking about? You weren't yet born when the US stopped encouraging hemp manufacture, and no US agency has ever produced anything resembling high-quality pot. So what are you saying exactly? What is it a shame we can't return to?

]]> NaFun http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013724 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 11:00:15 -0800 Comment by elswinger Somebody should do a study to see if using a bong or vaporizer reduces your chances of getting lung cancer from marijuana. I volunteer to be a test subject.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1013727 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 11:01:37 -0800 Comment by PI @9 Dunno, Will In Seattle could have been born then

]]> PI http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1014367 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1014367 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 13:39:57 -0800 Comment by ellarosa " buy the best pot you can afford and smoke less of it."

sound advice. same(general concept) goes for food, sex, travel and clothing.

]]> ellarosa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1014976 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/good_news_for_pot_smokers#c1014976 Drugs Mon, 05 May 2008 19:27:19 -0800