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Originally posted by Thuringwethil
And that's the rub. There have simply been no long terms studies into the physiological or mental effects of prolonged use of cannabis in pure form.
Even if you smoke weed by itself, or resin by itself, the act of smoking still produces tars (incompletely combusted vegetable matter) and other toxic substances. So you still end up with lung problems. Bongs and water pipes do reduce the amount of nastiness you inhale, but still don't eliminate it, and as the smoke is generally cooler, the tars will solidify quicker in your lungs leading to an increased deposit rate than might normally be the case. Swings and roundabouts...
The report is based on 90 published studies and was put together with the help of a grant from the Department of Health. Dr Mark Britton, a consultant at St Peter’s Hospital, Chertsey, and chairman of the British Lung Foundation, said: “The evidence is not cast-iron but evidence takes a long time to accumulate. It took 40 years to get evidence showing tobacco causes lung cancer.”