Joint decision

[Pimander]

From a conersation in admin.

is there any evidence that smoking pure weed does cause it?

In a word - yes.

In total, 79 cases of lung cancer and 324 controls were included in the study. The risk of lung cancer increased 8% (95% confidence interval (CI) 2–15) for each joint-yr of cannabis smoking, after adjustment for confounding variables including cigarette smoking, and 7% (95% CI 5–9) for each pack-yr of cigarette smoking, after adjustment for confounding variables including cannabis smoking. The highest tertile of cannabis use was associated with an increased risk of lung cancer (relative risk 5.7 (95% CI 1.5–21.6)), after adjustment for confounding variables including cigarette smoking.

In conclusion, the results of the present study indicate that long-term cannabis use increases the risk of lung cancer in young adults

http://www.ersj.org.uk/content/31/2/280.full

[Amaterasu]

Well, They sure had to poke and prod with results from other studies (of who knows how much bias) to conclude this.  I'm not saying it isn't valid, but I can make a case of its not going past some reasonable doubt.

I will say that studies of much larger groups, controlled for cigs and all, show no such connection.  Who to believe, who to believe?

[deuem]

My Doctor once asked me, "Deuem what do you think is making you sick?",  I said "Living"

[PLAYSWITHMACHINES]

Funny

Oh well, you're damned if you do, & damned if you don't.....

At least you would die happy

[Elvis Hendrix]

Denver Police Use Nose Telescope To Enforce Marijuana Odour Ordinance



It has been said before, but right now I need to repeat it! the truth is stranger than fiction.

Police in Denver Colorado have started to use a device called a olfactometer (or "nasal ranger"). A $1,500 nose telescope that can measure the concentration of cannabis in the air. To literally sniff out people smoking cannabis.

The device has been employed to enforce an "odour ordinance" that comes with a $2,000 fine for anyone found guilty of polluting the air with the smell of marijuana.

there is a more high tech version of the Nasal ranger that will also records both the concentration and GPS coordinates of where the marijuana smell originated. This higher end model comes at a cost of $3,500.

Sound like something out of a science fiction story? I think anyone who has watched the cartoon Futurama, would recognize the device!



Where this strange story begins to make sense, is when you realize that Colorado is the first state in America to finalize the rules for recreational marijuana businesses (after legalization of recreational marijuana use). Which are set to start opening in January.

The city of Denver has passed an ordinance, with fine. To attempt to cash in cannabis smokers, using a type of "environmental concern".

Quite simply the greed of a state (of any level) can make your jaw drop more than anything else on this planet!





http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10448756/Police-use-nose-telescope-for-cannabis-odour-mapping.html
http://canadianawareness.org/2013/11/denver-police-use-nose-telescope-to-enforce-marijuana-odour-ordinance/

[deuem]

What will they come up with next, Butt sniffing robotic dogs to see if you ate at McDonalds?

Deuem

[Elvis Hendrix]

[deuem]

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