Originally posted by: Sniper
People are diagnosed with lung cancer every day who never smoked a day in their lives and there are people who smoke into their 90's without issue. That's why I believe that it has more to do with genetics than anything else, as far as cancer goes.
Yes, genetic predisposition plays a role. So do other environmental exposures (various levels of air pollution, radon, etc...) and probably even diet. But that doesn't change the fact that the rate of cancer is much higher amount tobacco users. Epidemiology is more concerned with rates across populations than individual cases. People that say the pot smoke is harmless compared to cigarettes. Smoke 20 joints a day and get back to me. As for living into 90s. Maybe a few smokers. But I can tell you that I don't know any regular smokers that I would consider physically fit and that is smokers of anything that they smoke multiple times a day, every day. Pot is not fucking panacea and I'm tired of the gluten intolerant fucktards acting like it is. Growing pot is not going to save the environment or cure a bunch of diseases. But there's no reason for it to be an illegal schedule 1 narcotic and there is certainly no reason that it can't be cultivated for fiber or for any valid medicines that can be derived from it.
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