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Which Is Worse For You - Marijuana Smoke Or Tobacco Smoke?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Mon, 01/11/2016 - 08:27

There are a lot of people out there that think that marijuana smoke and tobacco smoke are the same, and that both are equally bad for you. But is that true? What does science have to say about the matter? More and more states are legalizing medical marijuana, but banning smoke-able forms of cannabis due to fears that marijuana smoke is the same as tobacco smoke. Minnesota and New York are examples of that. One of my heroes, Paul Armentano of NORML, recently wrote about this topic. Below are some excerpts from his article:

Writing in the Harm Reduction Journal in 2005, noted cannabis researcher Robert Melamede explained that although tobacco smoke and marijuana smoke have some similar chemical properties, the two substances possess different pharmacological activities and are not equally carcinogenic. Specifically, he affirmed that marijuana smoke contains multiple cannabinoids – many of which possess anti-cancer activity – and

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