Doctors pronounce that Cannabis is NOT a major killer. (from News24)
"I don't think it (cannabis) contributes very much to people dying. It's not in the league of alcohol or tobacco", says Dr Stephen Sidney, an associate director of clinical research with the Kaiser Permanente health plan who has studied the effects of cannabis use on life span.
A study of 65 171 men and women enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health plan found that, with the exception of Aids patients, cannabis users were not more likely than others to die over a 10-year period.
In a Swedish study, researchers found no link between cannabis use among more than 45 000 male military conscripts, aged 18 to 20, and their death rates over the next 15 years.
What to do? There are common-sense measures about using cannabis, Sidney suggests. It should be discouraged in teenagers. Young teenagers getting involved in drugs are going to have more of a problem with it. And people ought not to be driving around in cars and operating dangerous machinery when they're intoxicated. (Doing a backflip off the top rope while blazed and wrestling in the WWE is ok though..!)
Anyone wishing to dispute the safety of cannabis should please bring bodies and names. Evidence, not say so.
Here is some EVIDENCE - Real evidence... can you find any deaths from cannabis here?
Or of all the important people who have died... Can you find any deaths among them...?
"I don't think it (cannabis) contributes very much to people dying. It's not in the league of alcohol or tobacco", says Dr Stephen Sidney, an associate director of clinical research with the Kaiser Permanente health plan who has studied the effects of cannabis use on life span.
A study of 65 171 men and women enrolled in the Kaiser Permanente health plan found that, with the exception of Aids patients, cannabis users were not more likely than others to die over a 10-year period.
In a Swedish study, researchers found no link between cannabis use among more than 45 000 male military conscripts, aged 18 to 20, and their death rates over the next 15 years.
What to do? There are common-sense measures about using cannabis, Sidney suggests. It should be discouraged in teenagers. Young teenagers getting involved in drugs are going to have more of a problem with it. And people ought not to be driving around in cars and operating dangerous machinery when they're intoxicated. (Doing a backflip off the top rope while blazed and wrestling in the WWE is ok though..!)
Anyone wishing to dispute the safety of cannabis should please bring bodies and names. Evidence, not say so.
Here is some EVIDENCE - Real evidence... can you find any deaths from cannabis here?
Or of all the important people who have died... Can you find any deaths among them...?
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