Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of Americans: study

Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by jimbob45 on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @01:20PM (#30603588)

It seems like the biggest and most present problem with marijuana is that most don't understand that smoking marijuana is just as bad as smoking cigarettes[0]. Of course, that's obvious - smoking anything, even herbal theater cigarettes, are extremely bad for your health[1]. However, after years and years of the pro-marijuana lobby claiming that marijuana has no negative side effects and can't kill you, it would make sense if teens today were confused by the logical contradictions.

Until we transition over to non-smoking marijuana consumption, I don't see an easy for the anti-marijuana lobby to make any claim about marijuana that the pro lobby wouldn't be able to refute by simply pointing to the smoke as the root problem. I agree that the reckoning will come but it will come in the form of anti-smoking ads (in favor of edibles or whatever else) rather than anti-marijuana ads.

[0]https://www.lung.org/quit-smoking/smoking-facts/health-effec...

[1]https://www.everydayhealth.com/stop-smoking/herbal-and-natur...

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Re:Lead exposure in last century shrunk IQ scores of half of... by mahogany on Tuesday March 08, 2022 @09:35PM (#30610327)

> It seems like the biggest and most present problem with marijuana is that most don't understand that smoking marijuana is just as bad as smoking cigarettes[0].

Where in that article does it say that smoking marijuana is just as bad as smoking cigarettes? Marijuana smoke is not good for the lungs and it contains carcinogens, but that doesn't mean it's as bad as tobacco. For example, another source[0] says: "Whether smoking marijuana causes lung cancer, as cigarette smoking does, remains an open question."

[0] https://nida.nih.gov/publications/research-reports/marijuana...

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