Here is a good article, best choice between aspirin and marijuana.

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I Just don't really agree with the part saying it make you stupid for a little time...

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It is safer than aspirin, in some ways, but marijuana does induce an altered state of consciousness and aspirin doesn't. That's why people shouldn't drive while under the influence.

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Principles of Responsible Cannabis Use

Ironic, considering that aspirin and opiate based pain relievers were responsible for pushing cannabis to the periphery of medical science back at the turn of the 20th century.

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That's for sure, people should never driver under the influence.
I like the picture saying don't drink and drive, smoke and fly! (but don't fly a plane! :P)

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I'm on a asprin a day regiment 325 mg coated.....along with plavix. (blood thinners) because of angioplasy with stents

I dont think that MJ will have the same effect on my blood as asprin does ....thinning it out


....as far as MJ being a treatment for pain Vape on!!!


I will let all you smokers who say smoking weed isn't as bad for you as Ciggs

Well I smoked pot since I was 13.... heavily since 25....smoking weed or ciggs causes plaque to build up in your arteries...which eventually cloggs the artery causing heart attack or angina.

I never smoked ciggs only weed

The more likely candidate for your problem was your diet.

I doubt that ......I ate salads fruits meats and I was a landscaper...walked many miles every day behind a mower

5'10" 180lbs had a heart attack at 39.......heart problems dont run in my family......I was probably smoking about 5-6 gs a day from a glass bong

I was told by my doctor and nurse not to smoke during the first 6 months after the stent placement because the artery has to grow over the stent

smoking will cause a plaque build up directly to the stent causing it to fail....thats why I only Vape and eat my herb

Kind of sounds like more junk science to me. Smoking causing plaque in the arteries? I doubt it.

I'm not here to debate right or wrong ....just regergetating what I was told

I know for a fact that my lungs feel alot better now...I'm not hackin up chunks (lung butter) anymore

yeah i dont like that part either but i dont like some of the links to other articles below the article either On Marijuana | An inconvenient truth about smoking marijuana

I think this is complex question that needs to be considered in many different situations and aspects

overall I would say Marijuana might be more harmful than aspirin

but I don't want to get into the details just this second maybe later when I have time

i will be checking back for these details. intrigued as to why you say that.

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Plaque? Like the stuff that forms on your teeth when you don't brush them?
Since when is there plaque in smoke? There's tar in smoke, idk about plaque though. Also, how exactly would plaque be able to travel from you lungs to your arteries? This doesn't sound very true.

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i'd like to quote the great Katt Williams to answer this

"people say weed is bad, but you can take 13 of them aspirin and itl be the last headache your ass will ever have!!"

theres alot of info on the net

Clogged Arteries (Arterial Plaque)

I know cigg smoke and weed smoke are different.....main difference is nicotine

Nicotine May Be Bad for Arteries

One of the main problems medical science has with cannabis is the smoking aspect. Go figure.

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I do not know why we can not choose our way of taking medicine, or what medicine we wish to take. I do think MMJ is better then asprin if you do not have much to do, that is. On the driving thing many people actually drive better while high, like my father he usually drives fast and rides other peoples rear end, but when he is high he does exactly the speed limit and is a much safer driver.

Basically what I got from those articles is, cigarette smoking may increase the rate of atherosclerosis, and nicotine can cause plaque buildup. Now this for one, has nothing to do with weed smoke, being that it does not contain nicotine. There's nothing in there about smoke in general causing plaque buildup.

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Chemically, marijuana and tobacco smoke are quite similar, aside from their psychoactive ingredients: both arise from the combustion of leafy material, which produces a host of noxious gases and solid particulates, or tars, that are known to be hazardous to respiratory health.

Vaping/oral injestion is the way to go...if your going to get high or take medicine daily..... might as well do it as healthy as possible.

The argument being legalization for medical reasons...why absorb weed/ medicine in a unhealthy manner........Vape ON!!!

This is all kind of irrelevant to the discussion of cannabis smoke causing plaque buildup in the arteries.

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OK agreeing that cigg smoke and weed smoke are very similar....


I realize that they arent 100% but why risk your health both forms of smoke contain similair toxins, producing similar health risks

I feel that since I aleady have plaque in my arteries... smoking for myself would only speed up the process.

The other study you provided seemed to lean towards nicotine as the reason behind atherosclerosis caused by cigarette smoke.

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That altered state buzzword is poppycock. Cannabis and driving is safer than some straight nervous, elderly, licitly medicated or inexperienced drivers. Those prone to road rage might benefit and it's many times safer than booze. Driving while eating or texting or gabbing on cell phones are distractions causing problems. Prohibition is the risk in driving after toking. Plus the waste of money spending good buzz on traffic instead of relaxing at home. Inexperienced anything can be dangerous, but it isn't the Ganja, it's the user.

Binge Beer ad makes a point By Linda Frederick
NBC5 04/15/02

Liquid Drugs and Driving is the #1 cause of death for 18-24 year olds

U.S. Department of Transportation,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
(DOT HS 808 078), Final Report, November 1993
"THC's adverse effects on driving performance appear relatively small"

Cannabis use and Driving 03/22/00

"THC's effects after doses up to 300 g/kg never exceeded alcohol's at BACs of 0.08 g% and were in no way unusual compared to many medicinal drugs (Robbe 1994). Yet THC's effects differ qualitatively from many other drugs, especially alcohol. Evidence from the present and previous studies strongly suggests that alcohol encourages risky driving whereas THC encourage greater caution, at least in experiments. Another way THC seems to differ qualitatively from many other drugs is that the former's users seem better able to compensate for its adverse effects while driving under the influence."
Hindrik W.J. Robbe
Institute for Human Psychopharmacology,
University of Limburg,
P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands

Cannabis and Driving

"Recent allegations by the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) that cannabis is a significant causal factor in on-road accidents and may adversely impact psychomotor skills up to 24 hours after past use are not supported by scientific evidence.
-- Allen St. Pierre."
NORML Executive Director

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Marijuana use, as indicated by the presence of cannabis metabolites, is not associated with crash culpability among injured drivers, according to data presented at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine.
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Executive Summary of Driving Impairment Effects of Alcohol & Cannabis (1994)

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Alcohol impairs driving more than marijuana

"A single glass of wine will impair your driving more than smoking a joint. And under certain test conditions, the complex way alcohol and cannabis combine to affect driving behaviour suggests that someone who has taken both may drive less recklessly than a person who is simply drunk."
- New Scientist March 2002

Marijuana Myth: "Marijuana Is A Major Cause Of Highway Accidents"

MARIJUANA DOES NOT CAUSE RECKLESS DRIVING
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and certain Wisconsin legislators have launched a new crusade against "drugged driving," with a heavy emphasis on marijuana. This crusade is largely based on scientific misinformation, and it could lead to the enactment of bad laws.

US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Reports

Marijuana And Actual Driving Performance
- by Robbe, NHTSA, 1993

Marijuana Use And Driving by Robbe 1994

Marijuana And Actual Driving Performance
- by Robbe, NHTSA, 1999

Marijuana & Alcohol Combined Increase Impairment - NHTSA 1999

You're obviously selling vaporizers. More bunk that chemical cigarettes are equal to Ganja. Organic tobacco maybe. But then it doesn't have the expectorant properties. Vapes suck for me but I have one for patients. But not because of hype concerning tars that have no carcinogens or the other drug czar Nahas hogwash. Not since the chemical adulterations starting in the early 20th century has there been a problem. Growing poisons and then added for your smoking pleasure. Thousands of years of real live people not being harmed don't need to BS. Governments and Sales do. Don't!

We’ve Cut Cigarette Smoking by Half By Paul Armentano
CN Source: AlterNet November 17, 2008 USA

Imagine that. In the past 40 years, tens of millions of Americans have voluntarily quit smoking a legal, yet highly addictive intoxicant. Many others have refused to initiate the habit.""
-- Paul Armentano

Thanks Paul, but seriously, I hope you realize the Ganjawar is on purpose, for profits and control. Trying to disprove nonsense is as tricky as trying to predict what will confuse the public and therefore needs censorship. Nothing, but thats another story.

Let's not become reefer mad republicans over tobacco! Cigarettes are the problem, not tobacco. Native Americans, Egyptians and Turks, etc., have all used organic tobacco for hundreds and even thousands of years. No problem mon. Just since the 20's and American adulterations causing the cancers, nerve and organ damage. From the very same Tom Delay chemical corporations spreading poisons over the farmlands of America. Subsidiaries of the Pharmaceuticals, seem they get ya coming and going. Major Drug War Brokers and Lobbyists.

Same chemicals used on many Ganja and Hemp synthetic alternatives forced upon the market as they forced prohibition on the people. 90 million pounds on US cotton, not my hemp blue jeans. Tons on the 12# of grain for each pound of exported meat. Not on hempseed. Rx Ganja and Booze Inc. need no mention as most know their rabid reefer madness fear of competition. Add the Casino's afraid stoners would just stay home and not throw their paychecks into one armed bandits. The fossil fools knowing any of their poison hydrocarbons can be replaced by carbohydrates and Hemp has the most versatility to do the job.

From textiles to plastic to lubrication, paints and without much if any chemicals to grow it. Pesticides based in crude oil can be based in veggie oil too. Farmers vs Bush Laden's OPECers. Paper and wood instead of clear cutting old growth forests. But I know Wallstreet has it's Enron ethics and scruples to prevent scandle, and that Free Speech media we have would never cover up their owners creative book keeping or why we've killed 4000+ kids fighting for Haliburdon and Dyncorps... Mission Accomplished. So why would they lie about Ganja and Hemp?

Arno's Corporatism
Ganja/Hemp "The Other White Meat"
Wall street's Spontaneous Abortionists

Tobacco "Products" sold with hundreds of chemicals, not in tobacco, the nontaxable vegetable. Only by "changing it" into a man made fabrication can the politikans get taxes. Flame retardants and burn enhancers added... ya think lighting them and sucking up the smoke might be detrimental to health? Wonder why it's never mentioned? Another ends justifying means? Get prohibition at any cost or rather at any profits and taxes. Nothing ever mentioned. Just go along with the false comparisons the same as Education Ax Souder or Waldo Pee propaganda. What is the point, too outlaw tobacco? Still just lies.

Nicotine in tobacco is a small amount and not a problem to health.
It may be addictive but that's about it. Used for Leaves are being tested for Parkinson treatment. The papers and filters and flavors and colors for Ronnie Rayguns smoking pleasure. All chemical additions, not in tobacco and certainly not added to Ganja. Now or forever I hope. No comparison.

The Liberal prohibitionists are only hurting the poor. Raising the prices of "cigarettes" so they can only afford the generic brands. Cheaper floor sweepings with even more chemicals and even more damage down the road and even more expense for tax payers. Who gripe about a $100 of food stamps going to someone but nothing about the $35,000.00 to incarcerate them for stealing food. We're still our own worse enemy. Politikops just take advantage of it.

Prohibition is the addiction and the disease, that is our fight, not imitating Fascists substituting products. I've smoked camel straights since 67, Ganja since 69. As an expectorant and lung cleaner I would advise any use of tobacco "products" be in conjunction with Ganja.

The Ganja has kept me healthy from the cigarettes, and the cigarettes keep me from coughing on the chronic. Unfortunately a hazard of prohibition and nosey neighbors. Excessive coughing as probable cause? Hey it's the Ganjawar. Last year the X-rays showed no damage. Probably smaller lung capacity for long distance running, but I'm not a Buffalo. I have machines for that.
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Costa Cannabis Test Tobacco vs Cannabis 07/02/00

"Users in our matched-pair sample smoked marijuana in addition to as many tobacco cigarettes as did their matched non-using pairs. Yet their small airways were, if anything, a bit healthier than their matches. We must tentatively conclude either that marijuana has no harmful effect on such passages or that it actually offers some slight protection against harmful effects of tobacco smoke"
Cannabis in Costa Rica:
A Study of Chronic Marijuana Use; Institute of Human Issues.

Happy seniors...

Aspirin kills 2000 people a year. Ganja = zero.
Ganja is safer than potatoes...

According to testimony before the US Congress by Dr. Andrew Weil, "a smoker would have to theoretically consume nearly 1500 Pounds of marijuana within about 15 minutes to induce a lethal response." By comparison, he adds that "eating 10 raw potatoes can result in a toxic response," and that aspirin "causes hundreds if not thousands of deaths each year."

Cannabis less harmful than aspirin

"Tetrahydrocannabinol is a very safe drug," he said. "Despite the
widespread illicit use of cannabis here are very few if any instances of people dying from an overdose. Even such apparently innocuous medicines as aspirin and related steroidal anti-inflammatory compounds are not safe.

"Thousands of people die every year because of the tendency of these drugs to cause catastrophic gastric bleeding."