Researchers at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand found that a single marijuana cigarette smoked by heavy users of marijuana can cause more damage than 2.5 to five regular tobacco cigarettes.StaffRespiratory Disorders Emphysema Cigarette Marijuana Airflow Obstruction...
“We know what cigarettes do to the lungs,” said study author Giselle Revah, M.D., a cardiothoracic radiologist and assistant professor at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Canada. “There are well-researched and established findings of cigarette smoking on the lungs. Marijuana we know very...
Casual Marijuana Smoking Not Harmful to LungsChristopher Wanjek,LiveScience
Marijuana effects on the heartShortly after smoking marijuana the heart rate increases drastically and may remain elevated for up to 3 hours. This effect may be enhanced if other drugs, such as stimulants, are taken with marijuana.One study from Mittleman and colleagues has suggested that the ...
) produced significant dose-related bronchodilation, with mean peak effects on specific airway conductance (SGaw) of approximately 40% and 50%, respectively, above the baseline level, with an onset at 5 minutes, a peak effect at 15 minutes, and a duration of at least 1 hour after smoking....
The most common way to use marijuana is to smoke it (more on how people do that later). Smoking is also the most expedient way to get the THC and other chemicals into the bloodstream. When a person inhales smoke from marijuana, the THC goes directly to the lungs. Your lungs are lined...
It seems every decade marijuana studies show that it has no side effects on users, in turn it become more available like when some states in America had legalized it. Dr Kevin M. Gray believes that the only side effect of smoking weed is the physical addictions it causes, he believes that...
there are teenagers and adults that smoke marijuana for recreational purposes. Smoking marijuana has become so common recently, that to some people they do not even consider it a drug. Marijuana has detrimental effects on people. It alters physical and mental health, is extremely addictive, negativ...
Smoke, of course, isn't good for the lungs. However, the effect is nearly immediate, and some studies indicate that marijuana smoke is less toxic than that from cigarettes. Alternatives to smoking include marijuana-laced foods or using a vaporizer. A vaporizer is a device that burns marijuana...
Using alcohol during pregnancy causesfetal alcohol syndrome. Smoking damages a fetus’sdeveloping lungs and brain— it is also a cause of SIDS, or sudden infant death syndrome, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ...