Re: [ACEsthetics] your next Rx?

I wonder how much of the putative cancer risk comes from smoking whole cannabis, as opposed to taking THC as a drug.

Maybe better to eat the brownies or take the pills than toke the weed.

On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 11:21 AM, William Domb <wmdomb@verizon.net> wrote:

Our study suggests that moderate marijuana use is associated with reduced

risk of HNSCC.

http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/2/8/759.abstract

That is one case control study.

Cannabis contains known carcinogens and this study suggests that cannabis may

CAUSE squamous cell

cancer of the head and neck, particularly of the tongue and larynx:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11084527

<larynx.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11084527>

This study says cannabis doubles the risk of lung cancer.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099410

<cancer.http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22099410>

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