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Tar?

Discussion in 'Marijuana Consumption Q&A' started by funeralfab, Apr 17, 2013.

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  1. #1 funeralfab, Apr 17, 2013
    Someone told me over the years that tar builds up in your lungs when it comes to smoking weed. What do you guys think? And this person even said there's no way to take it out unless you quit altogether.. Got me a little depressed
     
  2. #2 smokeygenie, Apr 17, 2013
    Research into vaporizers if you are concerned with tar :wave:
     
  3. #3 Psychonaut, Apr 17, 2013
    Did someone from D.A.R.E tell you this?
     
  4. #4 funeralfab, Apr 17, 2013
    No just one of my stoner friends
     
  5. #5 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
    Your lungs have ways of expunging tars.
    Also these tars that you speak of are harmless and do not cause cancer.
     
  6. #6 4 Four 2 Twenty 0, Apr 17, 2013
    Luckily the tar in mairjuana is repelled by our lungs nuclei and it kills it basically :) Unlike tobacco, as it stays and kills your lungs.
     
  7. #7 smokeygenie, Apr 17, 2013

    Not true at all! Smoking anything will increase your risk for cancer. Not so much the plant its the act of smoking. The plant actually has cancer fighting properties. Smoking it is not your only option.
     
  8. #8 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
    Are you saying the lungs do not cleanse themselves of tars because they do...Pretty sure something as simple as coughing helps your lungs stay clean.

    You say Marijuana has healing properties but you said all smoke increases risk of cancer. This made me wtf :confused:
     
  9. #9 ccoossmmiinn, Apr 17, 2013
    All types of smoke can be cancerous to a human, the cannabis plant has properties that fight against cancer.
     
  10. #10 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013

    Therefore it doesn't cause cancer!
    Am I speaking another language or what???
     
  11. #11 smokeygenie, Apr 17, 2013


    Im not saying they don't clean themselves. they do, to a point. But PERMANENT damage can take place that coughing wont heal. Again not because of the plant, because of SMOKING.

    Think this would be a good read for ya. ;)

    The Effects of Smoking on the Cells in the Lungs | eHow.com
     
  12. #12 smokeygenie, Apr 17, 2013

    No, your just horribly misinformed :)
     
  13. #13 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
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    I get inhaling smoke isn't good for you but the effects of marijuana on the lungs are minimal and reverse after time of abstaining.

    There are many studies that prove that marijuana not only reverses the metastasis of developing cancers but doesn't cause it TO BEGIN WITH.

    But im mis-informed :rolleyes:
     
  14. #14 smokeygenie, Apr 17, 2013

    Haha okay sorry just don't start out with "harmless and does not cause cancer" and yes like I said marijuana doesnt cause cancer to begin with, the act of smoking does. Are you seeing how they are seperate things now?
     
  15. #15 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
    My bad just saw your first post. :smoking:
    You posted a link from eHow...lol
    They aren't talking about marijuana bro.
     
  16. #16 dropinbiking, Apr 17, 2013
    The amount of tar in weed isn't really anything to fret about.

    It takes a lot of weed smoking to get "heavy lungs" from the tar.

    Taking a t-break and doing exercise can clear it out fairly quickly.

    People mostly think the tar is super bad for you, because cigarettes contain a SHIT TON of tar.
     
  17. #17 hawaiitoker, Apr 17, 2013
    Dude what he's saying is yes, weed does prevent cancer.
    But smoking ANYTHING is bad for you. Yeah maybe the weed can counter the tar a little but basically not 100%.
    Vaporizers and edibles could give you the best results.
     
  18. #18 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
    No, at least the way I see it is if marijuana fights cancer then it wouldn't be able to begin in the first place.

    What you are saying would give reason to believe that a large portion of marijuana smokers develop cancer from their huge intake of smoke but thats simply not true. Numbers don't lie.

    From what iv'e read people who smoke tobacco and marijuana have less chance of developing cancer.
     
  19. #19 funeralfab, Apr 17, 2013
    Goddamn read the link you post before you post it.. Weed doesn't cause cancer. And it's not even talking about cancer dude. And when you say the "act" of smoking causes cancer then you are completely contradicting yourself because what else are you smoking?.. Marijuana. So please don't go around giving out false information. And smoking is just another way to activate the thc.
     
  20. #20 DopeImean, Apr 17, 2013
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    Marijuana has minimal bad effects on the lungs that reverse after time of not smoking.

    It bugs me how so many people say "Smoking is bad"...okay follow up with why?

    If you're smoking cigs it's bad because it's going to kill you. If it marijuana it's bad because you might have shorter breaths. :rolleyes:
    Smokeygenie is right I am misinformed but simply because I don't remember what effects marijuana has on the lungs.
    But again I can assure you that the tar is HARMLESS.

    Ehow is some biased shit. :laughing:
     
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