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Katherine Brengle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-11-07 01:52 PM
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64. Don't pretend there are no negative health effects lol.
"Non-toxic" is not a fair characterization.

Health risks:
-memory and learning problems
-4x increased chance of heart attack in the hour or so following each use
-lung cancer and other smoke related cancers
-a variety of chronic respiratory problems
-THC impairs the immune system's ability to fight disease


It may not be the worst drug out there, but to pretend it doesn't hurt anyone is myopic at best and outright dangerous at worst.

Cigarettes are toxic, so is weed. Doesn't necessarily mean it should be illegal, but let's not ignore the obvious.
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