2012-01/10 CHANGES IN LUNG FUNCTION APPEAR TO DEPEND ON LEVEL OF MARIJUANA USE OVER A LIFETIME

Marijuana is an illicit drug but increasingly common in the United States. It is also used legally by some patients for medical purposes. Marijuana smoke contains many of the same elements that are in tobacco smoke. A new study looks at what effect marijuana use has on lung function. Catherine Dolf has more in this week's JAMA Report.

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• LUNG
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• DEPEND
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• MARIJUANA
• USE
• OVER
• LIFETIME

[TheCosmicGypsies]

It can turn certain cancer cells into healthy cells so why not the lungs

[MrCannatopia]

Let's not forget as volume goes up, pressure goes down.

Breathing volume goes up with cannabis (bronchio-dilatory effects)

and down with tobacco (bronchio-constrictive) smoke and the same could be argued for cannabis and against tobacco smoke with glaucoma. Eye pressure, with cannabis, also goes down like pressure in the lungs (as volume rises).

It's whole-body holistic healing, potentially. But we let politics shipwreck it.

Dr. Tashkin and Rick Simpson should have a study.

[MrCannatopia]

It helps counteract the negatives of tobacco and relieves asthmatic symptoms.

It's anti-inflammatory, vaso-dilatory, and bronchio-dilatory.

That means for someone with arthritis, migraines, and asthma..

These systems operate under a cannabinoid-dependent frequency.

Chronic disease is a chronic deficiency.

Am I bullshitting? It's a theory and it's not supporting the idea that smoking is a medicine.

But if you were already smoking tobacco or had asthma, it may have benefit.

Sugar coat it...