Sweet Jane |
05-01-2005 04:31 PM |
To be honest Adidas, due to extra volume taken in a draw of a cannabis cigarettes, deeper inhalation of the smoke and extra time the breath is held in for, cannabis is likely to be more harmful than cigarettes. The contents of the smoke, other than the mind-altering compound delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in cannabis and nicotine in tobacco, are very similar.
But hand-made marijuana cigarettes, made with rolling tobacco, deliver four times more nicotine because of the lack of a filter as well.
And although rehab for cannabis addiction is rare, because users are usually addicted to other drugs if anything, there are marijuana rehab clinics and drug treatment centres, which wouldn't operate unless some people were in fact, addicted. And although no medications are now available to treat marijuana abuse. However, recent discoveries about the workings of THC receptors have raised the possibility that scientists may eventually develop a medication that will block THC's intoxicating effects. Such a medication might be used to prevent relapse to marijuana abuse by reducing or eliminating its appeal. Medics wouldn't be wasting their time on these tests if there wasn't a market for it.
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