Tuesday, July 31, 2007

One joint the same as five ciggies - study

SMOKING a single cannabis joint has the same impact on breathing capacity as up to five cigarettes, according to a New Zealand study.

MM, if i had a dollar for every time Joe Potsmoker told me that smoking cigarettes was worse than pot, I would be a very slightly richer man. Might actually be able to afford to by those nice new .........

As with most research of this kind, it completely fails to include the financial impact of pot smoking, that being the cost of "the Munchies". All i can say is pot smoking must be akin to morning sickness, cause Joe Potsmoker will eat whatever is in the fringe, no matter how marginally edible it is. Not mention the memory issues (see this link for more):

Dear Cecil:
I know that this really isn't the type of thing that is asked about frequently, but I gotta ask. When someone smokes marijuana, they get the much-fabled "munchies." I know that this occurs, I am just at a loss as to why it does occur. What is the physiological reasons for this to occur? --Out of My Skull at Ohio University

Cecil replies:
You need to slack off on the ganja, bro. What you meant to ask was what the physiological reasons are. Also, you used "occur" three times in two sentences. Besides interfering with cognitive function, marijuana impairs short-term memory. Looks like yours can be measured in milliseconds.
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Wonder how hard it was to get 399 volunteers for this study, and who financed it. But that is another story for another day.

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