Theres research to show its not harmless, that it has similar cardiovascular effects to cigarettes. Nevertheless, the UCSF analysis accepts the premise that marijuana should ultimately be legalized given the social inequities and large public costs of the failed War on Drugs. Its just that the proposed ballot initiative like another legalization proposal also addressed, and criticized, in the report is written primarily to create a new business, the analysis says, with only minimal protections for the public that are unlikely to prevent public health harms caused by the burgeoning marijuana industry. The physician community discourages smoking marijuana, but it supports the pending legalization proposal, in part because it provides for monitoring, education, regulation and research, said Molly Weedn, spokeswoman for the medical association
Some of these cancer-causing chemicals include: Acetaldehyde
A 2022 Colorado study evaluating the impact of recreational cannabis legalization found that cannabis use among adolescents has remained consistent, yet young adult use has grown
This has earned Delta-8 nicknames like work weed or diet weed, reflecting its more approachable profile