6. Study Finds No Link Between Smoking Marijuana and Lung Cancer
Dr. Donald Tashkin, of the UCLA School of Medicine, recently released
results of a large-scale case-controlled study
that found
marijuana use--even heavy pot smoking--was not linked with lung cancer. In
fact, among the more than 1,200 people studied, those who had smoked
marijuana, but not cigarettes, appeared to have a lower risk for lung cancer
than those who had smoked neither. This finding, if confirmed by other
studies, doesn't mean that smoking marijuana has no risks. MAPS' Clinical
Plan for medical marijuana research involves studies that will test smoked
marijuana as well as vaporized marijuana so that the risks and benefits of
each delivery system can be compared directly.
Dr. Donald Tashkin, of the UCLA School of Medicine, recently released
results of a large-scale case-controlled study
that found
marijuana use--even heavy pot smoking--was not linked with lung cancer. In
fact, among the more than 1,200 people studied, those who had smoked
marijuana, but not cigarettes, appeared to have a lower risk for lung cancer
than those who had smoked neither. This finding, if confirmed by other
studies, doesn't mean that smoking marijuana has no risks. MAPS' Clinical
Plan for medical marijuana research involves studies that will test smoked
marijuana as well as vaporized marijuana so that the risks and benefits of
each delivery system can be compared directly.