Marijuana Safer Than Cigarette Smoke

Even though smoking is never going to be good for you, recent studies prove that it is significantly less harmful to one’s lungs than cigarette smoke is. These days, marijuana is used to help treat diseases like cancer, AIDS, and glaucoma as well as disorders like insomnia and anxiety. With medical marijuana being legalized in more and more states, awareness of the drug is growing, and new people are trying it every day. This is why people need to realize that smoking this stuff is much better than a cigarette as it is less harmful to your body and it is not a five minute fix like tobacco. Using weed may help many people to cut down on smoking cigarettes which contain many of the same harmful chemicals that marijuana does. The difference is that tobacco has many other bad chemicals in it. In many studies, it has been found that moderate use of marijuana can actual increase lung flow and capacity in users. However overuse will lead to a decrease in this benefit much like we see with users of tobacco. It is an undeniable fact that tobacco is more harmful than marijuana to one’s lungs, so why choose to smoke the latter? The addiction of cigarettes is one of the greatest problems in the world today and while smoking marijuana is by no means good for you,...

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