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   From: jygffv568@jogrtyhf456v.com   
      
   "Dr John Watson"  schreef in bericht   
   news:79ptl1F1r3bo1U2@mid.individual.net...   
   > 'Cannabis alters human DNA' - new study   
   >   
   > Posted on 16/06/09   
   > University of Leicester   
   >   
   > A new study published by University of Leicester researchers has found   
   > "convincing evidence" that cannabis smoke damages DNA in ways that could   
   > potentially increase the risk of cancer development in humans.   
      
   Problems:   
      
   1) Cannabis use is not associated with cancers, and some   
   of the substances are anti-carcinogenic in mice. Unlike   
   commercial tobacco.   
      
   2) Cannabis has literally thousands of years of human use.   
      
   If you had a dime every time a scientist found 'convincing   
   evidence' but no proof...   
      
   " The researchers add that the ability of cannabis smoke to   
   damage DNA has significant human health implications   
   especially as users tend to inhale more deeply than cigarette   
   smokers, which increases respiratory burden. "The smoking   
   of 3-4 cannabis cigarettes a day is associated with the same   
   degree of damage to bronchial mucus membranes as 20 or   
   more tobacco cigarettes a day," the team adds. "   
      
   There are two answers to this:   
      
   1) No one I know comes even close to smoking 3 joints   
   per day. One is more than enough, if that. I have never   
   smoked an entire joint in my life. I've smoked bong rips,   
   which would amount to 1/4 of a joint or less, per day.   
      
   2) The stronger the weed is, the less you smoke of it.   
      
   What they're really saying, is that smoking 3 to 4 joints   
   is the equivalent of smoking a packet a day.   
      
   I wonder how that would compare to vaporisation.   
   If they were serious, they would applaud vaporisation   
   as the way to smoke weed.   
      
   " "These results provide evidence for the DNA   
   damaging potential of cannabis smoke," the   
   researchers conclude, "implying that the consumption   
   of cannabis cigarettes may be detrimental to human   
   health with the possibility to initiate cancer   
   development." "   
      
   So why hasn't even heavy smoking of weed been   
   associated with developing cancer?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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