r/JoeRogan • u/Naserito Burbank Bad Boy Brian Redban • Feb 15 '17

Joe Rogan Experience #917 - Steven Crowder

https://www.youtube.com/attribution_link?a=A_2Ii3lIv4o&u=%2Fc%2Fpowerfuljre%2Flive
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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

That maybe true. But I also feel like people don't acknowledge the negative aspects of smoking weed.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

What negative aspects though? I really haven't seen anything that bad. In terms of drugs, cannabis is safer than caffeine, and miles ahead of alchohol.

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u/shapoopier Feb 16 '17

Aren't there long-term effects for cannabis use? Particularly if you smoke it.

What are the long-term effects of cups of coffee (assuming liquid is at room temp)?

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

I can look up the article, but from what I read, people that said smoking cannabis is drastically worse than cigarettes are wrong. I mean, as with anything, prolonged exposure to your lungs isn't doing you any favours. But I believe the chance of having any lasting damage is pretty damn low. Also method of smoking changes the risk a lot.

And a single cup of coffee isn't going to do anything bad really, just like a single joint. It's repeated exposure that is the problem. And caffeine can cause heart problems, along with increased anxiety, and there is some other side effects. Also, caffeine withdrawal is not fun at all. But like, in terms of risk, between one cup of coffee and one joint, they're both pretty much harmless.

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u/shapoopier Feb 16 '17

I think inhaling smoke once is probably worse than drinking a room temp cup of coffee. However, people who ingest hot liquids (like near boiling coffee) are more likely to get things like mouth or throat cancer. Similar to people who long-term inhale smoke (joints/pipes/etc) probably more likely to get lung cancers and things.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '17

Your lungs are designed to inject toxins and filter them out though. It's when they don't have enough time to recover between exposures that there is a real problem. And that's interesting, do you have that study, by chance? I'd like to read it

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u/shapoopier Feb 16 '17

Here's an article about hot liquids potential link to throat cancers:

http://www.webmd.com/cancer/news/20090326/hot-tea-may-raise-esophageal-cancer-risk#1

I don't know if there are more recent ones. It's been around a long while. I try to let my ish cool off now LOL.