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Cannabis and the Lungs
Don Barnard Press Release
Monday 11 Nov 2002 The cannabis report from the British Museum Foundation equates the risk from smoking cannabis with that of tobacco. From today's independent Cannabis 'may cause public health disaster' New study warns of dangers posed by modern, high-strength versions of drug By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor 11 November 2002 http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/health/story.jsp?story=350987 From today's Guardian Cancer warning put on smoking joints James Meikle, health correspondent Monday November 11, 2002 The Guardian Cannabis 'may cause public health disaster' http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,2763,837642,00.html Alun Buffry, National Coordinator of the Legalise Cannabis Alliance, said: "The Report does contradict other recent studies (1 - 3) and will need to be studied before we can make a valued judgement. "Health is a matter for doctors and accurate advice and harm reduction education needs to be given. I do not believe that is a matter for the police. "There is a risk associated with many consumables and activities that people enjoy and there is no reason to ban them. In fact, because those things are legal, those who choose to take the risk have the protection of law so that the risk is minimalised and safety advice that is available and believable." Alun Buffry: 01603 442215 alun@ccguide.lca-online.net Kind Regards Don Barnard LCA Press Officer Reply to don.barnard@lineone.net Phone 07984 255015 NOTES FOR EDITORS (1) "The Science of Marijuana" by Leslie L. Iverson, Oxford University Press, 2000, hardback (2) CANADA: Doc Says Pot Less Harmful Than Booze And Tobacco; URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02.n1058.a11.html Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2002 Source: Windsor Star (CN ON) (3) Researchers at the University of California (UCLA) School of Medicine : the results of an 8 - year study into the effects of long-term cannabis smoking on the lungs. In Volume 155 of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Dr. D.P. Tashkin reported: "Findings from the present long-term, follow-up study of heavy, habitual marijuana smokers argue against the concept that continuing heavy use of marijuana is a significant risk factor for the development of [chronic lung disease. ..Neither the continuing nor the intermittent marijuana smokers exhibited any significantly different rates of decline in [lung function] as compared with those individuals who never smoked marijuana. Researchers added: "No differences were noted between even quite heavy marijuana smoking and non-smoking of marijuana."
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