Doesn smoking cannabis do even more damage to the lungs than smoking tobacco?
Science has completely debunked this myth! The recent research findings of Donald Tashkin, M.D., were featured on the front page of the Autumn 2005 issue of O’Shaughnessy’s Journal. It stated, “Marijuana smoking – ‘even heavy longterm use -‘ does not cause cancer of the lung, upper airways, or esophagus…” Interestingly, Dr. Tashkin’ s earlier research, which actually demonstrated a causal effect, was used by the DEA in their propaganda ads to link cannabis use to lung cancer in the public’s mind. However, only a tiny minority of other research actually supported Dr. Tashkin’s conclusions. The large, professional study he subsequently conducted to determine the truth demonstrated that cannabis does not cause the lung damage and cancer he had anticipated. In fact, some data from his study actually indicated a possible protection against lung cancer from the use of cannabis! And what about tobacco? The American Lung Association has reported that approximately 430,000 American people die
