1 cannabis joint is as bad for you as 20 tobacco cigerattes?

[Dave J]

I read this 1 sided useless report yesterday in a free rag on the train:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18283689

Suggests smoking a single joint is as bad for you as smoking 20 cigerattes and gives you 4 times as much tar and 5 times as much carbon monoxide?.

The report fails to mention weather the findings are down to weather a joint is mixed with tobacco or smoked pure in the first place. As rightly pointed out baseless research to be used as propoganda as there is next to no details in the reported article to how they came by those findings.

[A Leprechaun]

I read this 1 sided useless report yesterday in a free rag on the train:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18283689

Suggests smoking a single joint is as bad for you as smoking 20 cigerattes and gives you 4 times as much tar and 5 times as much carbon monoxide?.

The report fails to mention weather the findings are down to weather a joint is mixed with tobacco or smoked pure in the first place. As rightly pointed out baseless research to be used as propoganda as there is next to no details in the reported article to how they came by those findings.

yeah they mention other reports and conflicting results,no real data provided, the over all message seems to be give us more money for further research.

[Slip & Sal]

They could also be speaking shit.

http://azarius.net/news/457/Smoking_a_j ... igarettes/

[Quazer]

Definatly bullshit! Heard that one already 15 years ago. So I smoke 200 cigarettes a day since 15 years... yeah right

[A Leprechaun]

They could also be speaking shit.

http://azarius.net/news/457/Smoking_a_j ... igarettes/

yup better to smoke it than to talk it,

[Occasional Bowl]

This is a meaningless statement - afterall how big is a 'joint'? Cigarettes are fairly standardised but a 'joint' is not a defined quantity. As has been said this story has been around a while it's hardly news. One wonders why it has appeared on the BBC website now.

Of course what one might conclude is smaller quantities of more powerful strains of weed are better for you

[Occasional Bowl]

...or your better off eating it!

[Bifton]

Did a little research via Google and found this The Berkeley carcinogenic tar studies in the 70's found that "marijuana is one-and-a-half times as carcinogenic as tobacco." or it contains 33% the amount of tar as tobacco has in it. It would be interesting to know if this is still true if you use a vaporiser?

I also found this though http://www.ukcia.org/research/cancer2.php

[youngian]

Part of the reason for this, say the experts, is that people smoking cannabis take deeper puffs and hold them for longer than when smoking tobacco cigarettes.

Well you probably do if you at a party in a swinging 60s comedy movie with Peter Sellars.

[Colina]

Two links to the topic that might help you to calm down

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/1 ... 97854.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01729.html

[schererbuzz]

Just don't smoke tobacco...

[Bifton]

Just don't smoke tobacco...

Exactly..

[Dave near London]

Which was the reply that Prof Nutt made in the "rag" the next day.

Typical media obsession report.

[DunToker]

Read this in a recent newspaper as well, do people actually believe this shit?! Eating a Big Mac is potentially more harmful than smoking a joint, as is:

Driving a car
Riding a bike
Crossing the street
Getting on a bus
Playing a game of football
Watching a game of football
Grocery shopping
Going to the pub
Having sex
Talking to a stranger
Going to work
Going to school
Hoovering a carpet
Having a pet
Sitting on a recliner couch
Sleeping
Eating a blue ice pole
Climbing a tree
Swimming
Riding a micro scooter
Going on holiday
Attending a church
Having a child
Using the internet
Going for a shower
Using a public toilet
Making eye contact with the Queen

I could go on literally forever but you all get my point and it's about time I got some of that "Oh so dangerous" sleep!

Peace

[Dave J]

Not that I for a single minute thought there was any ounce of truth to the article, just wandered where the hell these so called "researchers" get there research or evidence from in the first place as they sure as water is water never state the basis of there so called research lol.