Does Marijuana cause cancer? Or any major health problems.?

Does Marijuana cause cancer? Or any major health problems.?Hello folks, I'm currently in my second year of University and began smoking marijuana early during my first year, only occasionally with a few friends on campus, or by myself if i want to take a bit of a load off after a hard day work.

Only recently have I started to take a serious look at the side-effects of smoking and eating the plant. All and all I've gotten quite a few mixed views.

Several government funded organizations and studies have found weed to be extremely dangerous, claiming that the drug can contain as much as 50 as the same carcinogens found in tobacco smoke.

Like this study by the National Cancer Institue
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9808/18/marijuana.cancer/

Any by this next study by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (an affiliate of the NCI)
http://www.fhcrc.org/about/ne/news/2009/02/09/marijuana.html

But at the same time, there are so many independent studies that contradict these claims. Like these four studies which found Marijuana to be extremely non-toxic.

Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. "Legalization: Panacea or Pandora's Box." New York. (1995): 36.

Turner, Carlton E. The Marijuana Controversy. Rockville: American Council for Drug Education, 1981.

Nahas, Gabriel G. and Nicholas A. Pace. Letter. "Marijuana as Chemotherapy Aid Poses Hazards." New York Times 4 December 1993: A20.

Inaba, Darryl S. and William E. Cohen. Uppers, Downers, All-Arounders: Physical and Mental Effects of Psychoactive Drugs. 2nd ed. Ashland: CNS Productions, 1995. 174.

From my personal experience, thus far I haven't noticed any respiratory problems or any real case of amotivational syndrome. Life has been pretty much the same, I wake up, go to the gym, work hard in school and then do it all over again.

So whats the deal here? Is weed harmful or harmless? I'd like to hear your opinion

Answer by LilMissRockChick
Dunno about the physical effects but google depersonalisation/derealisation disorder, which is a mental illness I have. (Ive never smoked weed though) but alot of people who do can end up with it. Just imagine waking up one day feeling like ur not in ur own body and everything around u even urself looks alien to u. Trust me I wouldnt wish it on my worst enemy, and theres no guarantee it will ever go away

Answer by RUN 1T L1K3 A MARATH0N
all lies. marijuana doesnt cause lung cancer.

Answer by april
Smoking marijuana over an extended period of time appears to greatly boost a young man's risk for developing a particularly aggressive form of testicular cancer, called nonseminoma, which accounts for about 40% of all cases. So if you're a male, I'd stop.

Answer by bjudith36
no it don't cause cancer

Answer by HashBean
First off the goverment is caught up in their own web of bullshit so they dont know what they are talking about. Weed is safer than alcohol. And does it cause cancer well u smoke it that will eventually harm your lungs put hey thats what a vaporizer is for. vaps produce only vapor no smoke and gives u the most THC out of the bud. Trust me man i've been friends with weed for a long long time hahaha. herb heals alcohol destroys. Stay Stoned nuff said

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