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Smoking Pot May Hasten Onset of Mental illness
Smoking marijuana has been linked with an increased risk of mental illness, and now researchers say that when pot smokers do become mentally ill, the disease starts earlieruk.reuters.com
California Warns Hunters: Watch Out for Pot Growers
California’s public lands are overrun with medical marijuana growing operations, guarded by armed crews toting powerful weaponry — and hunters are at risk, according to a law enforcement panel. many say if pot was legal this wouldn’t be a concern.www….
Just Say Now: End the War on Marijuana
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on August 5, 2010
petition to President Obama:
The war on marijuana is a failure. The government wastes billions of dollars fighting drug cartels that thrive on marijuana prohibition. Thousands of people are killed, police officers lives are put in risk, and taxpay…
Philadelphia Easing On Marijuana Penalty
Posted by admin in Travel & Places on April 12, 2010
Philadelphia’s new district attorney and the state Supreme Court are moving to all but decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana. People arrested with up to 30 grams of the drug – slightly more than an ounce – may have to pay a fine but face no risk of a criminal record.
Medical marijuana users risk job loss
Posted by admin in Business & Finance on March 24, 2010
When a rare form of cancer invaded Joseph Casias’ nasal cavity and his brain, his doctor prescribed marijuana to help alleviate the daily pain. But his employer, Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest retailer, fired him in November 2009 after he failed a drug test. Casias, 29, says he never came to work high. He’s got a medical marijuana card to prove…
Recycling Reefer Madness: Why It Still Doesn’t Work
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on March 6, 2010
It happens with an all-too-familiar regularity: Another “scientific” study that attempts to draw some connection, however tenuous, between smoking pot and schizophrenia. Just this week, the findings of a study allegedly indicating that smoking marijuana can “double the risk” of psychosis received heavy publicity…….
Long-term cannabis use can double risk of psychosis
By Kate Kelland||LONDON (Reuters) – Young people who smoke cannabis or marijuana for six years or more are twice as likely to have psychotic episodes, hallucinations or delusions than people who have never used the drug, scientists said on…
Marijuana and your lungs: recent studies
Tashkin found that smoking marijuana does not appear to increase the risk of lung cancer or head-and-neck malignancies, even among heavy users – THC has been found to reduce tumor growth in common lung cancer by 50 percent and to significantly reduce the ability of the cancer to spread, say researchers at Harvard University…
Cannabis and Driving: A Scientific and Rational Review
Posted by admin in Political Opinion on December 6, 2009
Unlike alcohol, which is known to increase drivers’ risk-taking behavior and is a primary contributor in on-road accidents, marijuana’s impact on psychomotor skills is subtle and its real-world impact in automobile crashes is conflicting.
The Sickening Truth About Marijuana!
It turns out, marijuana reduces the risk of certain types of cancer.
Top 10 Cannabis Studies the Government Wished It Didn’t Fund
Posted by admin in Political News on October 6, 2009
10) MARIJUANA USE HAS NO EFFECT ON MORTALITY:
A massive study of California HMO members funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found marijuana use caused no significant increase in mortality. Tobacco use was associated with increased risk of death. Sidney, S et al. Marijuana Use and Mortality. American Journal of Public Health. Vol.
Inhale or Don’t?: Marijuana Hurts Some, Helps Others: Scient
Cannabis can kill or rescue neurons–children are at risk, whereas adults may benefit
(USA) Cannabis Linked To Reduced Risk Of Cancers
According to a recent study, long-term pot smokers are 62 percent less likely to develop head and neck cancers than people who do not smoke marijuana. The study featured 434 patients suffering from
Mainstream Media Finally Does Its Job (Sort Of) — It O
Posted by admin in World News on August 26, 2009
Well, that only took a month. Earlier today Reuters News Wire finally took the time to report that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a reduced risk
Could smoking pot cut risk of head, neck cancer?
Posted by admin in World News on August 26, 2009
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – You’ve heard about using marijuana and drugs derived from it to keep some of the side effects of toxic cancer chemotherapy in check. But what if smoking marijuana for 10 to 20 years could actually protect against certain…
More Evidence That Marijuana Prevents Cancer
New study finds that marijuana smokers have a lower risk of head and neck cancers.
Paul Armentano: If Pot Prevented Cancer You Would Have Read
Posted by admin in Political News on August 18, 2009
Investigators from Brown University reported that lifetime marijuana use is associated with a "significantly reduced risk" of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma.
Smoking Pot Reduces Risk of Head and Neck Cancers
The moderate long-term use of marijuana is associated with a reduced risk of head and neck cancers, according to the results of a population-based case-control study published online by the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Moderate Lifetime Marijuana Use Associated With Reduced Risk
Providence, RI: The moderate long-term use of marijuana is associated with a reduced risk of head and neck cancers, according to the results of a population-based case-control study published online by the journal Cancer Prevention Research.
Marijuana use associated with significantly reduced risk of
Marijuana use associated with significantly reduced risk of head and neck cancers
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