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| Effects Of Smoking Weed |
Question:
What are the physical effects of smoking weed?
Answer:
Dr. Brent Moore and colleagues at Yale University, the National Cancer
Institute, and the University of Vermont evaluated data from a
nationally representative sample of 6,728 adults. Their analysis
indicated that a history of more than 100 lifetime episodes of smoking
weed, with at least one episode in the past month, increased an
individual's risk of chronic bronchitis, coughing on most days,
wheezing, chest sounds without a cold, and increased phlegm.
The marijuana-related respiratory effects
correspond to a relatively young population.
It is likely
that respiratory effects will be higher in older marijuana smokers, and,
because of the high prevalence of tobacco use among marijuana smokers,
there appears to be an increased risk for illness due to cumulative
effects of smoking both drugs.
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