“More than one-third of participants felt that daily smoking of cannabis was safer than tobacco, and their views increasingly favored safety of cannabis vs tobacco over time (1742 participants [36.7%] in 2017 vs 2107 participants [44.3%] in 2021; P < .001)”

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    Depends on how they are smoked. Joints are fucking terrible for you.

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      1 year ago

      We should say how it’s consumed, because the arguably safest way to consume marijuana doesn’t involve smoking at all (edibles).

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      (Nods as he puffs from his Dynavap).

      I’m never going back from the dry herb vapes! When you’re smoking cannabis, you’re turning perfectly good THC into carcinogens. Why would you do that‽ Better to vaporize your cannabinoids without setting them on fire.

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      The benefit is that it isn’t chemically addictive. It is behaviorally addictive though. Both are very bad when inhaled (of course).