Victim of marijuana abuse and lung cancer research?

Question by gatorgirl: Victim of marijuana abuse and lung cancer research?
At school today we watched a sad and moving video about marijuana abuse and something about lung cancer. In the video there was a man and he had used marijuana much as a young adult back in the hippie age and was then battling lung cancer as a result. He had serious facial damage, doctors had to remove much of neck tissue and muscle, and his speech was slurred because of distorted neck and mouth. However he was not grotesque and actually somewhat handsome and lifted weights, the story was very depressing. At the end I think the movie said he had lost his battle with cancer. I wanted to know his name or the name of the video because I wanted to do some research on this man and his moving, life-changing experiences.
Thanks!

His testimony was very powerful and I think all young people suffering with drug/smoking abuse or not should watch that video.

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Answer by midnightmoon
I would be interested in knowing what video you watched. While smoking anything is not healthy, there are no conclusive links from marijuana to cancer. Exposure to enough smoke of any kind will lead to copd, but there isnt a connection as of yet to cancer. Many people even think (and there is some non conclusive evidence) that marijuana has anti cancer properties.

Be careful with what you are socialized to believe about marijauna in school. While it is NOT without risk, its NOT as bad as you are being socialized to believe.

While you are researching that video, research some of the real facts about marijuana, You will be amazed.

Something to think about… Do you know why marijuana was criminalized in the first place? You should look it up.

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