Vaping marijuana is WORSE than using regular e-cigarettes, claims study

Vaping marijuana is actually worse for your health than using traditional cigarettes or e-cigarettes, a new study suggest. Researchers from the University of Michigan looked at teenagers who vaped cannabis, vaped nicotine and smoked cigarettes or pot. They found that adolescents who vaped marijuana were about twice as likely to report respiratory symptoms, like wheezing, in … Read more

Jamaica faces ‘worst ever’ marijuana shortage after heavy rains and drought

It’s all gone to pot! Jamaica faces ‘worst ever’ marijuana shortage after heavy rains, drought and drop in farmers – with experts dubbing it a ‘cultural embarrassment’ Heavy rains during last year’s hurricane season pummelled marijuana fields that were later scorched in a drought, causing ‘tens of thousands of dollars’ in losses Jamaica authorised regulated … Read more

More than half of Americans with uncontrolled asthma smoke marijuana

More than half of Americans who do not have their asthma under control are marijuana users, a new small study suggests. Researchers found that about one-third of patients whose asthma is untreated and out of control have smoked cannabis in the past while one-fifth report currently use the drug. What’s more, the patients were more … Read more

Teenagers with mental health disorders who smoke marijuana are THREE times more likely to self-harm

Teenage marijuana smokers with mental health disorders are THREE times more likely to self-harm, study warns US researchers studied more than 200,000 teens with mood disorders   Found ten per cent of these were diagnose with ‘cannabis use disorder’   This condition linked to 3.28 times higher risk of non-fatal self harm   By Joe Pinkstone For Mailonline Published: … Read more

Smoking marijuana exposes you to low levels of the same toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke

Smoking marijuana exposes the body to some of the same toxic chemicals released from tobacco, but at lower levels, according to a new study.  Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at the levels of several dangerous chemicals in the blood and urine of 245 volunteers. Some of the … Read more

Smoking marijuana exposes you to low levels of the same toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke

Smoking marijuana exposes you to low levels of the same cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco smoke, study finds Researchers took blood and urine samples from 245 volunteers with HIV They used HIV patients due to high levels of marijuana and tobacco smoking  They found evidence of naphthalene, acrylonitrile and acrylamide chemicals  These are all probably carcinogens in humans … Read more

Mike Tyson reveals he smoked marijuana before his first boxing match in 15 years

Mike Tyson admitted to smoking cannabis before going toe-to-toe with Roy Jones Jr. during his boxing return, saying ‘I just have to smoke.’ The boxing legend made the remarks after completing an eight-round exhibit against Jones Jr. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. ‘Absolutely yes… Listen, I can’t stop smoking,’ Tyson, 54, told … Read more

Mike Tyson reveals he smoked marijuana before his first boxing match in 15 years

Mike Tyson admitted to smoking cannabis before going toe-to-toe with Roy Jones Jr. during his boxing return, saying ‘I just have to smoke.’ The boxing legend made the remarks after completing an eight-round exhibit against Jones Jr. at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. ‘Absolutely yes… Listen, I can’t stop smoking,’ Tyson, 54, told … Read more

Jimmy Carter says his son DID smoke marijuana on the White House roof with Willie Nelson

Roll me up and smoke me! Jimmy Carter, 95, reveals his son DID smoke marijuana on the White House roof with Willie Nelson 40 years ago in new documentary The 39th president made the revelation in his new documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President   Jimmy Carter, 95, would not reveal which of his three … Read more

Jimmy Carter says his son DID smoke marijuana on the White House roof with Willie Nelson

Roll me up and smoke me! Jimmy Carter, 95, reveals his son DID smoke marijuana on the White House roof with Willie Nelson 40 years ago in new documentary The 39th president made the revelation in his new documentary, Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President   Jimmy Carter, 95, would not reveal which of his three … Read more