A recent marijuana study:
Smoking one cannabis joint is as harmful to a person's lungs as having up to five cigarettes, according to research published on Tuesday.
Of course, that was the lead in and the line that will no doubt be quoted by DARE and other anti-drug crusaders. Actually the study found:
The effect on the lungs of each joint was equivalent to smoking between 2.5 and five cigarettes in one go.
Not as bad sounding as the first figure, but still not too healthy.
Upon reflection, something seems off here. Of course I have no experience with marijuana, but my understanding based on movies and rap lyrics is that usually a person does not smoke an entire joint by him/herself in one sitting. A smoker who smokes a pack a day would be equivalent to a stoner who smokes 4 to 8 joints in a day. I've known some stoners, but 8 joints seems really hardcore. Maybe I'm just naive...
The entire news article can be found here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20052489/
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