Fernando Responds Caudevilla, family physician and member of the Collective Interzone.
With regard to cancer, is more dangerous cannabis smoking or snuff? Can something be done to reduce the risk? Is it more appropriate to some kind of rolling papers?
The snuff is directly responsible for 14.7% of all deaths (about 50,000 people a year in the English State) and 5% of hospital admissions. Up to 15% of smokers develop lung cancer is often incurable and leads to death. By far, the snuff is the drug that generates more social and health costs. Assess respiratory risks of cannabis compared to snuff is complicated. Scientific studies should compare the diseases that appear in smokers snuff compared to those found in cannabis smokers. But these are hard to find: most people who use hashish or marijuana mix them with snuff. In addition, it is common not to use the filter to be a joint, so that toxic particles enter the body more easily. Thus, in a strict sense, it is difficult to prove the causal link between cannabis and lung cancer. But there is indirect evidence pointing in this direction. For example, cannabis burning toxins appear similar to the snuff. And autopsies of lungs of cannabis smokers displayed alterations similar to those produced by cigarettes. As usual, all about the quantities and frequencies. Occasional smokers or are exposed to moderate amounts at less risk than those who do daily and intensive use of the substance. In general, people who smoke cannabis tend to consume only less than equivalent amounts snuff. The type of cigarette paper that is used is immaterial and also involves the combustion of herbal substances with toxic effects. The only way to avoid these problems is the use of a vaporizer. These devices that, through heat, bring the substance into a gaseous state without burning, so there are no harmful substances. In the market there are different models with very different prices and services that can be purchased at any 'grow-shop'.
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