http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-179264/Cannabis-kills-30-000-year.html \tCannabis 'kills 30,000 a year'More than 30,000 cannabis smokers could die every year, doctors warn today. Medical experts blame the Home Secretary for creating confusion about the risks posed by the drug - leading young people wrongly to believe it is harmless. They claim David Blunkett's decision to reclassify cannabis as a class C drug - putting it on a level with anabolic steroids and prescription painkillers - sent out the wrong message and played down the devastating health effects of its regular use. Professor John Henry, a leading authority on the drug, said the change - due to take place this summer - had undermined doctors' efforts to highlight the risks. He said: "Cannabis is as dangerous as cigarette smoking - in fact, it may be even worse - and downgrading its legal status has simply confused people. "We have a clear public message about cigarette smoking. Every year, the number of smokers gets smaller and the message on packets about the dangers gets bigger. "At present, there is no battle against cannabis and no clear public health message." In today's issue of the British Medical Journal, Prof Henry and other doctors from Imperial College, and St Mary's Hospital, both in London, say cannabis could be a major contributor to UK deaths. Researchers calculate that if 120,000 deaths are caused among 13million smokers, the corresponding figure among 3.2million cannabis smokers would be 30,000. The drug can cause cancer, lung disease and abnormalities associated with serious mental illness. Users are up to six times more likely to develop schizophrenia. The British Lung Foundation says smoking three joints a day can cause the same damage to the airways as a pack of 20 cigarettes. Prof Henry added: "Even if the number of deaths turned out to be only a fraction of the 30,000 we believe possible, cannabis smoking would still be described as a major health hazard. "If we add in the likely mental health burden to that of medical illnesses and premature death, the potential effects of cannabis cannot be ignored." Dr William Oldfield, from St Mary's Hospital and one of the authors of the article, said: "Cannabis and nicotine cigarettes have a different mode of inhalation. The puff taken by cannabis smokers is two-thirds larger, they inhale a third more and hold down the smoke four times longer. "All these factors could contribute to illnesses of the heart and respiratory system, particularly as the chemicals in cannabis smoke are retained in the body to a much higher degree." He said the cannabis used today - especially that bought in the Netherlands - was up to 40 times stronger than that used by Flower Power hippies in the 1960s. The level of active ingredient in cannabis, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) has increased from around 0.5 per cent 20 years ago to almost five per cent today. THC affects the heart and blood vessels and many sudden deaths have been attributed to cannabis smoking. In Britain, about eight million people admit to smoking cannabis, with at least one-third of youngsters claiming to have used it at some time. They include Prince Harry, who admitted smoking the drug while a pupil at Eton.
there are many other ways to consume cannabis. the ad is against smoking not cannabis and the ad has prohibition research as its base of fact ( total biased fact). the wool has been pulled from peoples eyes and telling false facts is wrong and will be seen as such.
30,000 could die... I could be the next president... I could, I could, I could... How about the d bag provide some real evidence.
It's not cool or morally right to wish for the death of people, but I seriously wish these ignant Reefer Madness sheep would just die. And if that makes their family sad, I hope they die too so they can all be together.
They are a sensationalist rag like The National Enquirer, only slightly more disguised as an actual news source. No one should believe anything they print.
LOL those pansies better be glad they turned off their comments, because I was about to give them an earful! What a crock of $#!^ !! Brb it's so dangerous... oh wait except according to science it reduces the risk of lung cancer, treats alzheimer's and neurodegenerative conditions because of its neuroprotectant and antioxidant properties. Best of all, cannabis is STILL safer than peanuts! Literally! 0 deaths from cannabis in history, while peanuts still kill at least 4 or so people a year. What a bunch of jokesters!
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LOL didn't see this part the first time I read it: Among all the other biased, baseless opinions labelled as "facts" in their article the above statement takes the cake. I was wondering if those "scientists" could elaborate... If there are ZERO cannabinoid receptors in the medulla oblongata, therefore respiratory or cardiovascular failure is IMPOSSIBLE from cannabis consumption... exactly how many people will potentially have "sudden death" attributed to cannabis? OH! WAIT! That must be why historically there have been ZERO sudden deaths attributed to cannabis. Don't you love science?
"Reasearchers calculate" is a very accurate term since that is ALL they did. They took out their calculator and divided the 13 million cigarette smokers by the 3.2 million cannabis smokers to get a number approximately equal to 4, then divided the 120,000 cigarette deaths by 4 to get 30,000. What was that, 30 seconds of reasearch? That is generous to, since I'm assuming it took them 15 seconds to find the calculator. I'm not even really exaggerating here, just look at that part of the article. It's exactly what they did. No looking at differences in risk, no looking at people who use both (which is pretty common among people I know, myself included). Plus, stronger weed is safer since you smoke less of it. By the way I feel very sorry for those of you in the uk if 5% THC is top level. That's can't be true, is it? Because in the US, that's schwag.