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Originally Posted by MandoMan
A lot of people around here won’t read the New York Times because they think it has a liberal bias, but it published a long article in October about the results of a number of solid research studies about the dangers of smoking marijuana. For example, lots of frequent users have a lot of problems with nausea. The editorial staff then published a column against national legalization. I was pro-legalization, though I don’t plan to use it, but I changed my mind and voted against it.
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Interesting article, thanks for mentioning it.
As I read it I noticed that many of the people who reported having problems were what I would consider to be very heavy users. Not once a week or once in a while but 20 days out of the month if not every day. The problems seemed to be a surprise to the authors of the article but should they be? Would the authors be just as surprised if someone who was drunk 20 days out the month or all day every day had health problems?
Perhaps the health problems aren't due to simple marijuana use, perhaps the health problems are due to overuse and abuse. And yes, some will be adversely affected by even a little marijuana use just as some are adversely affected by a little gluten or a little peanut dust or a little alcohol.
We really need to see a controlled study to determine whether moderate use of marijuana causes health problems, how much marijuana use will cause health problems, and whether any health problems are lessened with marijuana use. Anecdotal evidence says some health problems are minimized and the NYT article gives some reason to believe that daily marijuana use can lead to health problems but we really need more and better information.