Pot. Chronic. Blunt. Weed. Ganga. Herb. Dope. Whatever you want to call it marijuana has been in the news a lot lately thanks to Mr. Phelps. Me? I think Seth Meyers took the words right out of my mouth with his Really!?! sketch.
But there has been other news about marijuana use and here's where it gets confusing. Research in the journal Cancer has shown that smoking marijuana increases the risk of developing testicular cancer.
But then Harvard releases a study showing that marijuana cuts lung cancer tumor growth in half.
And of course, no one is ready to explain why or how this works because they don't know yet. Is anyone surprised when half of the U.S. Population takes a toke?
But there has been other news about marijuana use and here's where it gets confusing. Research in the journal Cancer has shown that smoking marijuana increases the risk of developing testicular cancer.
But then Harvard releases a study showing that marijuana cuts lung cancer tumor growth in half.
And Ohio State University has found that marijuana use could prevent or delay the development of Alzheimer's disease as well as possibly even stimulate the development of new brain cells.
And of course, no one is ready to explain why or how this works because they don't know yet.
Is anyone surprised when half of the U.S. Population takes a toke?