OT: Scumbags Leave On Vacation

Check your investments? More likely you're checking on your supply of Depends, and the amount of liquor remaining in the bottle.

And try not to mouthe the words as you read.

When Hunter eats vegetables, it's considered cannibalism.

And yet you keep coming back for more.

How can people vacation in Iraq, unless they're suicide bombers?

One Joint's Toll On Lungs Equal To Five Cigarettes: Study Tuesday July 31, 2007 CityNews.ca Staff

Smoking one joint might seem relatively harmless to some, but according to new research published Tuesday, a single "marijuana cigarette" is as harmful to the lungs as five of the tobacco variety.

According to the study, those who smoked cannabis suffered damage to both the lungs' small fine airways used for transporting oxygen, and the large airways, which blocked air flow, causing users to complain of wheezing, coughing and chest tightness.

The experts at the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand tested 339 people, including those that only smoked weed, some that only smoked cigarettes and a few who indulged in both.

Their conclusion was that the subjects who only smoked tobacco were the most likely to suffer from emphysema, but those that were partial to the dope had the most general lung discomfort.

"The extent of this damage was directly related to the number of joints smoked, with higher consumption linked to greater incapacity," said the authors of the report published in the medical journal Thorax. "The effect on the lungs of each joint was equivalent to smoking between 2.5 and five cigarettes in one go."

The British government is considering whether cannabis should be reclassified as a more serious drug because of the dangers associated with stronger strains.

"The danger cannabis poses to respiratory health is consistently being overlooked," said Helena Shovelton, Chief Executive of the British Lung Foundation.

"Smoking a joint is more harmful to the lungs than smoking a cigarette and we have just banned people from doing that in public places because of the health risks."

Tuesday's isn't the only recent study to warn of the dangers of marijuana. Last week British researchers suggested use of the drug increased the risk of developing psychotic illnesses including schizophrenia.

Amazing. A joint (which has no filter) is as harmful as five cigarettes, who do have filters.

I wonder how much money was spent to figure this out.

Millions, no doubt at taxpayers' expense.

Ever wonder why the right wing is against these nonsensical grants?

They probably liked whatever grant funded this research. It "proves" that booze is harmless and pot means death. Or something.

Nope. I'm against nonsensical grants, period. How about cows producing more methane than any other source?

If memory serves, that one cost us about $50 mil.

What a great use of taxpayer dollars.

My son and two of his friends produce more methane than a herd of cows. It cost me nothing to find this out.

Oh, but it DID.

Think about your grocery bill.

But I wouldn't trust his public words since he works for a President who very much wants a positive report. Did Westmorland ever express pessimism about Vietnam?

Sanity check: Are we winning in Iraq?

Street price + price of pizzas for the munchies.

I know Senator Ted Stevens (R, Ak) has always opposed wasteful spending.

$2 mil for cow interpreters alone.

Those who risk death in traffic in the US are free to quit at any time, unlike our military volunteers, who are also in Iraq for no purpose but to keep our gutless President's ego well inflated.

Go back in your dark dingy hole and stay there you worthless creep.