Is there proof that marijuana kills?

Answer 1

Marijuana as a drug is not fatal unless it is smoked in an enclosed room that is not getting enough air. However, actions of people who are under the influence of marijuana are fatal, so it should be treated like alcohol. No DD, no MJ.

Answer 2

It's been feared that marijuana smoke, like tobacco smoke, causes cancer and heart disease. The evidence argues otherwise, writes Stephen Sidney, MD, associate director for research for Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif., in the Sept 20 issue of The British Medical Journal.

"Although the use of [marijuana] is not harmless, the current knowledge base does not support the assertion that it has any notable adverse public health impact in relation to mortality," Sidney concludes.

Sidney points to two large studies. The first is from (where else?) California. A large HMO looked at 65,177 men and women age 15-49. Over 10 years, marijuana users died no sooner than nonusers.

The second study looked at 45,450 Swedish army conscripts. They were 18-20 years old when asked about marijuana use. Fifteen years later, the marijuana users were just as likely to remain alive as nonusers.

And since marijuana smoking can't kill outright -- there's no such thing as a fatal marijuana overdose -- short-term use isn't deadly. Long-term use can't be good for you. But Sidney notes that most marijuana smokers don't become long-term users.

One worry about marijuana smoke is that it is inhaled, and held, deep in the lungs. But the typical user smokes only one marijuana cigarette -- or less -- a day. Tobacco users often smoke 20 or more cigarettes daily. Moreover, tobacco contains nicotine, a highly addictive substance. Marijuana, Sidney concludes, is less likely to harm than tobacco.

A 2001 study suggested that marijuana smoking increases the risk of heart attack in the hour immediately after smoking. But this seems to be the case in no more than one-fifth of 1% of heart attacks -- a very rare risk indeed.

Answer 3

Marijuana does not kill it is almost impossible to OD you would need to smoke more than possible in a short amount of time. Marijuana doesn't cause lung cancer it actually helps destroy cancer causing cells.

Answer 4

Marijuana slows down your ablity to speak or judge things correctly. It makes you lazy and unsharp, and it slowly disintegrates your brain cells. It takes months for the chemicals to actually depart from your brain. Fitness and working out is just the opposite.

Does it kill, yes it does... your brain cells. Maybe someday you could be braindead.

Answer 5

Any more than any other depressant like alcohol? Just the lung cancer figures, if you trust them.

Answer 6

it kills the children who are neglected because their parents are too high to take care of them...

Answer 7

no, it does not
it might kill some motivation but that's about it

Answer 8

brain cells, thats about it.

Answer 9

what? I have never heard of such a thing......