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Kasz216 on 06 September 2013
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Andrespetmonkey said:
Kasz216 said:
Andrespetmonkey said:
Kasz216 said:

I wouldn't call Tobacco infinitly worse.  It doesn't really provide any upsides, but it's not more unhealthy then Marijuana.

Some health studies make it look worse but that's largely because they compare pack a day smokers to people who get high  a couple times a month.

Same usage rates, cancer worries are likely the same.

There are many studies out there with conflicting results on lung cancer ranging from higher risk than tabacco to reducing the risk, so we can't pretend to know either way, and even if the risk of cancer was equal with the same usage rates, the average weed user smokes a lot less than the average tabacco user, as you mentioned. And then you have edibles, and vaping which is quite popular and does very little damage to the lungs if any. 

What we do know is there are hundreds of thousands of recorded deaths a year related to tabacco, and no recorded deaths related to weed, and one substance is extremely addictive while the other isn't very addictive. 

The studies aren't conflicting.  Simply just done with different presets so as to present different results.

So which ones present the legitimate results? I would like to know what your claim is based on. 

All of them.  They are just have different definitions of light, moderate and heavy.

For example, one study that says it isn't as bad, compares someone who smokes pot 3 times a month, with someone who smokes 20 cigarretes a day. 

However said report also notes that extreme users suddenly face a sharp increase in cancer.  Lamenting the fact that they couldn't find more prominent users. 

Moderate users were listed as smoking Marijuana 3 times a month.

What do you think the increase of cancer would be for someone who smokes 6-9 cigarretes a month?  (assuming 2-3 joints unless your a lightweight.)

 

In general 3 times a month seems way to light to me.   2-3 times a week seems more common to me... and I know a decent number of people who smoke every day usually after work or right before bed, and more people that would if they could afford it/weren't beholden to "drug dealer time".   (I imagine people who use it medically do so?)   I imagine once legalized it would cheapen up quite a bit even with the federal tax, since the stuff is cheap as hell to grow and if you taxed it too high you'd defeat half the purpose of legalizing it.

 

For Heavy use to be  4 times a month and higher... is there really any wonder such studies wouldn't find much cancer risk anyware?   I wouldn't even consider someone who smokes 4 times a month to actually be a regular user.   More a social user, like someone who only drinks 3-4 times a month with friends, Or a guy who only smokes when he's at bars.