Lezz:
Alarielle: No, you're still wrong
Ok, it was badly phrased. Ounce for ounce, an amount of cannabis is 40 times as tar rich as the same quantity of tobacco. Happy? Smiley
Firstly, there are an unlimited amount of statements like that, just with different numbers. I've seen 60, 25, 20, 15, and zero. Oh, and forty. I've rarely seen 60, but I've still seen it, so I just thought I would lay it out.
I only ever see 40 (the highest, except of course sixty, which is incredibly rare, I think) from major anti-drug fanatics; health class, posters on school walls, basically anything school-related, and all of the cheesy sites that preach for page after page (all the while trying desperately to relate to the latest trends of 13-17 year olds) about how terrible drugs are no matter how you look at it.
I mainly hear zero from extreme druggies who if ever told me that it's raining outside, I'd have to go look out a window.
Anyway, my point is it's a crap quote, though if you (or anyone, really) can find any reliable proof about that quote, I'd really be interested is checking that out.
In any cancer arguments: everyone should bear in mind that smoking anything at all is bad for you and can cause cancer, decrease lung capacity, the whole shabang. Marijuana may be worse, I don't know. But everyone knows cigarettes are really bad.. I still can't get my head around how many people smoke those things.
Well, I can, but all of the reasons I've heard are very stupid and do not at all balance out the negative effects.
Except one old friend, whose reason was "I don't know, I just like it." And I know she didn't do it because of her friends or any of that crap so I respect her decision very much. She knows what it does but just does it anyway. I.. Just don't see it.
It's sad watching her slowly wither away.