Marijuana and Health

Pages you might find interesting include:

Marijuana and the Brain by John Gettman, from High Times magazine, March 1995.
The Material Safety Data Sheet on THC.
Preliminary results from a NORML/MAPS study have been released, and the "Marijuana Smoke Study Demonstrates Waterpipes To Be Ineffective" in protecting you from harmful chemicals in marijuana smoke. In fact, a bong may be worse than a joint!
The article "Preserving Pot Potency". All about the fungal and bacterial infections that can crash your stash and make you sick.
Learn about the health effects of marijuana in humans.
According to this research, marijuana doesn't cause the sort of lung damage associated with cigarette smoking.
Here's a comparison of the components of marijuana and tobacco smoke.
Find out how marijuana and alcohol interact.
And read up on a scientific investigation into the Munchies.
There is increasing evidence that much of the carcinogenic activity of tobacco smoke may be related to radioactivity. A series of letters from the New England Journal of Medicine discusses the findings.
And this article summarizes what this means to marijuana smokers.
Here's a reference on potentially dangerous interactions between cannabis and other drugs such as tricyclic antidepressants.
Cannabis use seems to increase cerebral blood flow, according to this abstract from Life Sciences.
From the "Ask Dr. Weil" column: Long-Term Pot Use?
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has an on-line pamphlet of marijuana: facts for teens, giving a summary of the reasons they think teens should just say no.
NIDA also has an on-line pamphlet called Marijuana: Facts Parents Need to Know.


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