I have been frustrated by the lack of available research into the potential negative health effects of smoking pot and, just in time for the California pot vote, there is a study out of New Zealand.
It states that smoking one joint is the equivalent of multiple cigarettes and that negative effects on lung function are beyond that which can be attributed to just the smoke component.
So, will we hear that pot is a double whammy on your health form our media?
At least KCRA in Sacramento has reported on this story although the story is not on their site yet.
They do have a story that claims "many" medical pot users do not want to get high and that they can use a new strain of pot that has very little THC and more of the compound that helps with pain and slows cancer growth (and here I thought medical pot users had to get high or wouldn't be helped.)
Hopefully the New Zealand study will get more play before we vote.
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