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Boffins: Smoking weed gives you emphysema and makes males grow boobs
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:08 pm
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Background
Global consumption of marijuana is increasing, but there is a paucity of evidence concerning associated lung imaging findings.
Purpose
To use chest CT to investigate the effects of marijuana smoking in the lung.
Materials and Methods
This retrospective case-control study evaluated results of chest CT examinations (from October 2005 to July 2020) in marijuana smokers, nonsmoker control patients, and tobacco-only smokers. We compared rates of emphysema, airway changes, gynecomastia, and coronary artery calcification. Age- and sex-matched subgroups were created for comparison with tobacco-only smokers older than 50 years. Results were analyzed using ?2 tests.
Results
A total of 56 marijuana smokers (34 male; mean age, 49 years ± 14 [SD]), 57 nonsmoker control patients (32 male; mean age, 49 years ± 14), and 33 tobacco-only smokers (18 male; mean age, 60 years ± 6) were evaluated. Higher rates of emphysema were seen among marijuana smokers (42 of 56 [75%]) than nonsmokers (three of 57 [5%]) (P < .001) but not tobacco-only smokers (22 of 33 [67%]) (P = .40). Rates of bronchial thickening, bronchiectasis, and mucoid impaction were higher among marijuana smokers compared with the other groups (P < .001 to P = .04). Gynecomastia was more common in marijuana smokers (13 of 34 [38%]) than in control patients (five of 32 [16%]) (P = .039) and tobacco-only smokers (two of 18 [11%]) (P = .040). In age-matched subgroup analysis of 30 marijuana smokers (23 male), 29 nonsmoker control patients (17 male), and 33 tobacco-only smokers (18 male), rates of bronchial thickening, bronchiectasis, and mucoid impaction were again higher in the marijuana smokers than in the tobacco-only smokers (P < .001 to P = .006). Emphysema rates were higher in age-matched marijuana smokers (28 of 30 [93%]) than in tobacco-only smokers (22 of 33 [67%]) (P = .009). There was no difference in rate of coronary artery calcification between age-matched marijuana smokers (21 of 30 [70%]) and tobacco-only smokers (28 of 33 [85%]) (P = .16).
Conclusion
Airway inflammation and emphysema were more common in marijuana smokers than in nonsmokers and tobacco-only smokers, although variable interobserver agreement and concomitant cigarette smoking among the marijuana-smoking cohort limits our ability to draw strong conclusions.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:10 pm to Jim Rockford
Reefer Madness is alive and well in 2022 folks.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:10 pm to Jim Rockford
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makes males grow boobs
Don't care, call me Dolly Parton
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:10 pm to Jim Rockford
u just jealous of my sweet cans
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:12 pm to Jim Rockford
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Smoking weed gives you emphysema and makes males grow boobs
If that were true I would be walking around with an oxygen machine and have triple E boobs.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:12 pm to Jim Rockford
Smoking a plant causes boobs, but diets high in trans saturated fat are available at the nearest drive-thru. Thats what you really need
Correlation =\= causation
Correlation =\= causation
This post was edited on 11/16/22 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:12 pm to Jim Rockford
Michael Savage has been stressing this "moob" thing all week. I like pot, but I do think it's become too potent and maybe even too normalized.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:19 pm to Jim Rockford
It also makes people very violent. Why do you think most sheriffs are so strongly against it?
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:19 pm to Jim Rockford
I will just get ab implants to offset the chest area
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:20 pm to USMEagles
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but I do think it's become too potent
Hush your mouth. 2 tokes don't go broke
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:25 pm to Jim Rockford
Now do this with pot AND soy together. This probably explains a lot.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:25 pm to Jim Rockford
Well then fricking legalize the shite at the federal level, so we can consume marijuana through other methods besides smoking it.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:27 pm to GetBackToWork
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Now do this with pot AND soy together. This probably explains a lot.
I've never been stoned and had the munchies so bad that I went looking for tofu.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:27 pm to Jim Rockford
People taking marijuana and then urinating into the water supply is what’s making so many kids trans
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:31 pm to Jim Rockford
If you thought you could inhale any foreign substance into your lungs that isn't air and not cause any damage, you be wrong.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:34 pm to USMEagles
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I like pot, but I do think it's become too potent and maybe even too normalized.
You'll get push back, but this is the truth. There are pros and cons to everything you ingest. Inhaling smoke into your lungs is bad. Not as bad as tobacco, but it's not a positive in terms of your lung's health. I don't know why that's so hard for people to accept.
You can have too much of anything. For fricks sake, if you eat too much spinach every day you can get kidney stones.
If you want to get high, I don't care. I drink alcohol to get drunk, which is far worse. Just don't lie to yourself. It's not a magic pill. There's no such thing in this life, unfortunately.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:39 pm to Jim Rockford
Two reasons I'll never leave the house.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:41 pm to Jim Rockford
Uh oh, the weedheads are gonna downvote you.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:48 pm to Jim Rockford
The link between emphysema and smoking marijuana is well documented. Multiple studies, as I recall, as well. But as you can see from the response, people don't want it to be so.
And every study I have seen is related to smoking marijuana cigarettes, not vaping, and certainly not edibles.
And every study I have seen is related to smoking marijuana cigarettes, not vaping, and certainly not edibles.
Posted on 11/16/22 at 3:50 pm to Jim Rockford
I didn't read all that. But I conducted long term studies on way over 56 pot smokers and say not 1 developed either.
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