Harry Redknapp
Bluelighter
Doesn't anyone get it yet? Opinions are fine....as long as they are the same as the moderaters.
Wrong thread there bucko.Well since you insist on continuing the weed v. opiates war (which I thought was over, according to a certain moderator),
Where does it say Moderators are to be un-biased?Oh I have sooo much to learn about drugs. Thankfully, the moderators of other drugs are excellent sources of unbiased information.![]()
Funny. Never heard of Heroin causing cancer...or having any negative effects when used responsibly. Hmm.Smoking marijuana can cause cancer, California researchers said Friday, and aging baby boomers who have been indulging since the swinging 60s may just be starting to feel its ravages.
The report, by Dr. Zuo-Feng Zhang of the Jonsson Cancer Center at the University of California Los Angeles, adds to evidence that smoking cannabis can have cancer-causing effects similar to those linked to cigarette smoking.
"Many people may think marijuana is harmless, but it's not," Zhang said in a statement. "The carcinogens in marijuana are much stronger than those in tobacco. The big message here is that marijuana, like tobacco, can cause cancer."
Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarker and Prevention, Zhang said he studied 173 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer, and compared them to 176 cancer-free control patients.
Those who said they habitually smoked marijuana were more likely to be in the group with head and neck cancers. And the more they smoked, the bigger the risk.
"If you smoke a little, your risk increases a little," Zhang said. "If you smoke a lot, your risk increases a lot."
He said pot-smoking baby boomers should be on the lookout for symptoms of head and neck cancer, also very common in cigarette smokers and heavy drinkers.
"In the '60s, we had very high numbers of people in their 20s smoking marijuana," Zhang said. "These people are just now getting to the ages at which they will get head and neck cancers."
Earlier this year, the Institute of Medicine at the National Academy of Sciences reported that marijuana could have some medical uses, notably to treat pain for some terminally ill patients.
But the committee said pills using the active ingredients in marijuana were a safer alternative because smoking marijuana can cause cancer, lung damage and babies with low birth weights in pregnant women.
"Crap"? Please define. And, as always, I'm sure you have countless articles and studies to prove that Heroin is actually so much more harmful than blazin' a fat blunt!i would rather smoke or eat weed than stick a needle into myself and pump my veins full of crap. i think sticking a needle into your veins is more harmful than chowin down on sum bud brownies.
Agreed. But I'm not talking about majority. I'm talking about responsible use, I'm talking about *me*.But HERE's the issue--reality. Addiction potential. DEATH potential. Impure substances. Yes, smoking marijuana MAY cause cancer. Eating nutrasweet can also cause cancer.The worst case heroin user who irresponsibly shoots heroin can die.
It's impossible to contract AIDS with Heroin using a clean fresh needle. Again, we're talking about the way things SHOULD be, the way they ARE with me.It's pretty hard to contract AIDS with pot, etc.
Yes but you don't seem to get mine. I was simply comparing facts for facts. In which case opiates are safer, end of story.You get my point. It's a lot harder to be a responsible heroin user
Where I get my hospital grade Fentanyl is MY business.(where are you finding pure heroin again?)
Yes. But this board SHOULD represent the more intelligent/informed group of users. Unfortunatley with MJ, it doesn't seem to be the case.Some radical hippies may give pot-smoking a bad name, but junkies are doing a much better job creating a bad image for heroin.