Is marijuana better than tobacco health wise?

Answer 1

In terms of health, marijuana helps people neurologically and mentally. On the other hand, smoking a single joint is the same as smoking 3-5 cigarettes in terms of lung damage. (Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2007/jul/31/drugsandalcohol.drugs) The biggest drawback to smoking marijuana versus cigarettes is basically breathing related. Even though cannabis possesses far less carcinogens then cigarettes, the fact that most joints are unfiltered compared with the fact that many cannabis smokers do not immediately exhale upon taking a drag improves the chances of developing respiratory issues.

Answer 2

MJ won't give you the nicotine, which would make it less harmful. OTOH you're still sucking in a lot of burned particles, which isn't good for you regardless of their source.
Yes cannabis is non-toxic whereas tobacco is.

Cannabis(Marijuana) abuse has been credited with causing paranoia, schizophrenia and brain damage.

Therefore it's hardly non-toxic!

It simply is less likely to cause lung cancer than nicotine based cigarettes. This fact is no comfort to the millions of canabis users on the planet who have used it as a gateway drug to other substances. Most of which are far more toxic than cigarettes will ever be.

Despite myths, cannabis does not cause brain damage, paranoia, schizophrenia, or any other neurosis. It has been shown to exacerbate symptoms in people with predispositions for psychosis, however.

Marijuana actually is non-toxic; THC is not poisonous to the body. In fact, the human body comes with built-in cannabinoid receptors.

The gateway drug hypothesis is a one-way myth; that is to say, just because many users of hard drugs started on marijuana, does not mean that users of marijuana are necessarily more likely to try other drugs. The toxicity of harder drugs is irrelevant to the question of marijuana's toxicity.

All of that being said, smoking anything is harmful because inhaling smoke isn't healthy. There are smokeless alternatives for THC consumption. There is no valid study that can demonstrate marijuana's being even remotely comparable to the health effects of tobacco.

Answer 3

Alcohol does nothing but harm the human body and causes hundreds of thousands of deaths each year. Marijuana has been used as a medicine for more than 2,700 years, is used today to treat things like cancer and aides and has never killed anyone ever.

Answer 4

Considering the majority of Marijuana smoked is done so without chemical additives used to market cigarettes, the substance itself is actually safer to put into your system. The primary health concern would be the smoke inhalation, which is dangerous in any case. The drug effects of marijuana are why most people claim it is so bad, and why its illegal in most places. In most people it has a tendency to alter ones perception, which is very dangerous when operating a vehicle, or making good decisions.

Answer 5

Yes there are studies across the world that support this. Go to erowid.org and look under either THC or canabis and there will be non bias articles proving no damage to the lungs, improved health, etc. Just ignore the pba on the news or newspapers, they all are biased and controlled...

Answer 6

It isn't. In fact, smoking Marijuana helps rid the body of the toxins tobacco ckntains. These toxins may cause birth defects and death, and every time someone compares the two, I'll spit on a mosque.

Answer 7

It contains less carcinogens, and the THC is not addictive. Also, it doesn't make you stupid.

Answer 8

Marijuana is illegal all the time, while tobacco is only illegal when you smoke it at a certain age.

Answer 9

it's not