Pubdate: Mon, 06 Nov 2006
Source: Rebel Yell, The (U of NV at Las Vegas, NV Edu)
Copyright: 2006 The Rebel Yell
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Author: Michael Ham
Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1467/a02.html

TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA

Nicholas Otis's article "Smoking Ballots" quotes  opponents of 
Proposition 7 as stating "marijuana  contains 50 to 70 percent more 
carcinogenic  hydrocarbons than tobacco smoke".

And yet, marijuana smoke, unlike tobacco smoke, does  NOT cause 
cancer. Do a Google search on "marijuana  smoke cancer" to see a list 
of research

By: for example, this 
article:  http://www.counterpunch.org/gardner07022005.html

Note that in that article, a researcher who had  identified 
carcinogens in marijuana smoke found, to his  surprise, no evidence 
at all that smoking marijuana  will cause cancer and, indeed, the 
possibility that  marijuana smoking may protect against cancer.

Sincerely,

By: Michael Ham
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