Not so fast
http://news.yahoo.com/marijuana-smoking-...42821.html

Quote:By contrast, cocaine use was linked to a smaller risk of the tumors.

Clearly they just need to legalize cocaine too.

come on man - everything give you cancer these days.

As has been stated ad nauseum, alcohol has far greater reaching negative health effects.

I've said more than once, I really have no position on the legalization of pot, but it's inconsistent as hell that alcohol is legal and pot isn't.

The inhalation of ANY airborne chemical irritant in this case smoke into the lungs will significantly increase risk of cancer. This is not some breakthrough discovery.

What about ingesting or vaporizing weed (pot is just the whitest word ever to me)?

This is why you vape instead of smoke.

It's still a carcinogen since it is irritating to the wall of the intestines as well.

Cigarettes are scientifically proven to be the the biggest cause of cancer on earth yet are perfectly legal.

legalize and tax the crap out of the crap....

I agree with that whole heartedly. Think about the revenue for the feds

(09-11-2012 10:29 AM)homefry20 Wrote:  The inhalation of ANY airborne chemical irritant in this case smoke into the lungs will significantly increase risk of cancer. This is not some breakthrough discovery.

In your testicles? This isn't about lung cancer so the results are at least a little surprising.

The fact that it causes cancer is irrelevant based on legality. If that were the case, cigarettes would be banned.

Maybe the over stimulation of seratonin leads to this cancer which is what THC does

(09-11-2012 10:29 AM)homefry20 Wrote:  The inhalation of ANY airborne chemical irritant in this case smoke into the lungs will significantly increase risk of cancer. This is not some breakthrough discovery.

Exactly. THC can be dosed using safer methods. When I start back using Cannabis after retirement...I will either vaporize or consume edibles. I never really liked to smoke Cannabis anyway.

More business for me! (I'm a NP for a urology practice)

Do what we've done for cigarettes and alcohol. Make them legal, tax them, regulate them within reason, and create a new facet of the economy and a new source of income for the government.

(09-11-2012 08:18 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  Do what we've done for cigarettes and alcohol. Make them legal, tax them, regulate them within reason, and create a new facet of the economy and a new source of income for the government.

Yep, and if any of those pot heads drive or steal a bunch of mcdoubles then they go to jail. The amount of people imprisoned in this country for simple possession is ridiculous.

(09-11-2012 08:32 PM)homefry20 Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:18 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  Do what we've done for cigarettes and alcohol. Make them legal, tax them, regulate them within reason, and create a new facet of the economy and a new source of income for the government.

Yep, and if any of those pot heads drive or steal a bunch of mcdoubles then they go to jail. The amount of people imprisoned in this country for simple possession is ridiculous.

Yes - just like if a drunk drives or does something else stupid. I absolutely agree with you on all counts.

(09-11-2012 08:38 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:32 PM)homefry20 Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:18 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  Do what we've done for cigarettes and alcohol. Make them legal, tax them, regulate them within reason, and create a new facet of the economy and a new source of income for the government.

Yep, and if any of those pot heads drive or steal a bunch of mcdoubles then they go to jail. The amount of people imprisoned in this country for simple possession is ridiculous.

Yes - just like if a drunk drives or does something else stupid. I absolutely agree with you on all counts.

How about just living by the principle of non aggression? As long as theft, fraud, violence or damage to property (public or private) is not involve with my actions?..You just leave me alone to make my own choices..good or bad.

(09-12-2012 07:05 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:38 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:32 PM)homefry20 Wrote:  

(09-11-2012 08:18 PM)mtsufan561 Wrote:  Do what we've done for cigarettes and alcohol. Make them legal, tax them, regulate them within reason, and create a new facet of the economy and a new source of income for the government.

Yep, and if any of those pot heads drive or steal a bunch of mcdoubles then they go to jail. The amount of people imprisoned in this country for simple possession is ridiculous.

Yes - just like if a drunk drives or does something else stupid. I absolutely agree with you on all counts.

How about just living by the principle of non aggression? As long as theft, fraud, violence or damage to property (public or private) is not involve with my actions?..You just leave me alone to make my own choices..good or bad.

Yep.. anyone who says they're a conservative that doesn't agree.. isn't a conservative. If they want to waste tax payer money on imprisoning people who aren't hurting anyone, they aren't fiscal conservatives. It's that simple. It's not up for debate or discussion. If you support the war on drugs, you are not a fiscal conservative. That's the end of any conversation with so-called conservatives like Dr. Torch.

He isn't a conservative, he doesn't want to limit government or spending, he wants to limit things that he doesn't agree with or understand.