Comments on: Sorry, Kids http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/ Keeping a jaundiced eye on the corporate media. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:54:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ron http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128330 Ron Wed, 01 Aug 2007 04:45:51 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128330 ditto serial catowner and Elayne ditto serial catowner and Elayne

]]> By: Elayne Riggs http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128313 Elayne Riggs Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:22:52 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128313 This study, like so many others, is misleading. How many people actually smoke an entire joint at once? It doesn't take that many tokes to get one high, certainly far less than the equivalent five ciggies. So extrapolating from that, the amount of THC needed to get one high is probably contained in the equivalent of more like ONE cigarette. So in conclusion: What serial catowner said. This study, like so many others, is misleading. How many people actually smoke an entire joint at once? It doesn’t take that many tokes to get one high, certainly far less than the equivalent five ciggies. So extrapolating from that, the amount of THC needed to get one high is probably contained in the equivalent of more like ONE cigarette. So in conclusion: What serial catowner said.

]]> By: Susie http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128310 Susie Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:51:17 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128310 This is from the Kaiser study abstract - a study which looked only at cancer, not "health" : Marijuana use also was not associated with tobacco-related cancers or with cancer of the following sites: co lorectal, lung, melanoma, prostate, breast, cervix. Among nonsmokers of tobacco cigarettes, ever having used marijuana was associated with increased risk of prostate cancer (RR = 3.1, CI = 1.0-9.5) and nearly significantly increased risk of cervical cancer (RR = 1.4, CI = 1.0-2.1). <b>We conclude that, in this relatively young study cohort, marijuana use and cancer were not associated in overall analyses, but that associations in nonsmokers of tobacco cigarettes suggested that marijuana use might affect certain site-specific cancer risks.</b> This is from the Kaiser study abstract - a study which looked only at cancer, not “health” :

Marijuana use also was not associated with tobacco-related cancers or with cancer of the following sites: co lorectal, lung, melanoma, prostate, breast, cervix. Among nonsmokers of tobacco cigarettes, ever having used marijuana was associated with increased risk of prostate cancer (RR = 3.1, CI = 1.0-9.5) and nearly significantly increased risk of cervical cancer (RR = 1.4, CI = 1.0-2.1). We conclude that, in this relatively young study cohort, marijuana use and cancer were not associated in overall analyses, but that associations in nonsmokers of tobacco cigarettes suggested that marijuana use might affect certain site-specific cancer risks.

]]> By: serial catowner http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128308 serial catowner Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:36:02 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128308 Kaiser-Permanente did a twenty year longitudinal study with over 10,000 subjects and found no significant difference between the health of a regular marijuana smoker and the non-smokers. The Guardian is chronically anti-pot. Not unusual among the "Official Left". Kaiser-Permanente did a twenty year longitudinal study with over 10,000 subjects and found no significant difference between the health of a regular marijuana smoker and the non-smokers.

The Guardian is chronically anti-pot. Not unusual among the “Official Left”.

]]> By: Susie http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128307 Susie Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:07:09 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128307 It would be better for your respiratory system, for sure. It would be better for your respiratory system, for sure.

]]> By: k http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128299 k Tue, 31 Jul 2007 13:41:12 +0000 http://susiemadrak.com/2007/07/31/08/02/sorry-kids/#comment-128299 Time to switch to brownies, eh? Time to switch to brownies, eh?

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