Pulmonary Effects of Cannabis - Donald Tashkin, MD | UCLA Health Cannabis Research Initiative 

Lol what a joke

He mentioned the carcinogenic attributes of nicotine but failed to mention the anti inflammatory, anti oxidant, and anti metastic (anti cancer) properties of cannabinoids. This is not science and you’re both baffoons

While clearly making jokes about the intellectual abilities and parodying “pot smokers” which could be someone’s grandma with cancer. You people are laughable

Yeah false science lol 😂

Right! Like test only people who use bongs. Or pipes. Or joints. Right?

@@javierreyes3528 That and/or vaping products. Basically products that do not combust any material but enough to vaporize the cannabinoids.

He did clearly mention that there only exist a handful a studies that researches the effects smoking cannabis has on the lungs. I really wish there was more data (or I can find more data) on the subject

The best study I've seen is by Dr. Melanie Dreher.

There isn't that many downside effects though this man is exaggerating in a scientific level in order to put a perception on cannabis. The only two "main effects" that negatively impact us from cannabis use is "slight lung damage, and interrupted rem sleep". Two very minor negatives but yet had way more positives. It's not downplaying cannabis if it's the truth and why would you believe DR's whos entire job is literally to kill you for profit they don't heal you they patch you up knowing it won't be long until you have to come back. Cannabis is a better healer than any Western doctor could be.

That's most likely coincidence or due to another lifestyle change.

Yea what he said weed won't help you from getting sick

Bronchitis 🙃

I don't smoke anything and I haven't contacted cold in past 20 months.

@@connorgrant8604 Wrong. Its been proven over and over. Cannabis boosts your immune system. Period.

thecocksaysmoo wtf 🤨

I thought people with asthma couldn’t be around smoke, let alone actually do it.

Wtf you smoke?

Ok I think this is cap. BUT CHECK OUT WOODROW COOKING SHOW U HIGH BASTARDS

This is a thing you are valid. When used correctly it can be very helpful for asthma 💙

Weed can cause lung collapse. We've been lied to by the pro-marijuana legalizers about the side effects. Marijuana produces more tar than tobacco. That should tell you enough that it will damage your lungs and cause you to be debilitated in the future. Quit now.

@@NoName-dd5vq this 100 percent true!

you kept clearing your throat because you didn't want to swallow the mucus, and I wouldn't want to either.

Out of curiosity what do you normally smoke(blunts, glass or joints)

Ty god,

Blunts at all?

@@Salmontemaki not many no

Yep. Studies have shown even long-term use in moderation has virtually no effect on lung health. It’s probably very heavy use for many years and especially lot of blunts etc that will cause real issues. My lungs feel worse before I ever tried cannabis, and during two years I quit. It actually helps my lungs at least the “feel” of them and how I perceive it. I have almost no excess phlegm, no cough, no issues breathing. I use a very nice bubbler and an Herb Iron to combust my flower, I mainly burn bud I know exactly how it was grown, and though there was a time a decade ago I smoked 25 blunts a day, I no longer do it’s been a year or two since even having one (also blunts are the only tobacco I’ve ever smoked, mainly swishers sweets occasionally a backwood). I can say when I was burning 25 bleezies a day (plus many bowls) my lungs were insanely messed up, always excess phlegm, very unpleasant every day. At this point I take only one rip at a time, and burn anywhere from 2 to 4-5 bowls a day (maybe .7g to 1g each). My tolerance stays LOW so one hit gets me blasted, never even want more and lasts 2-4 hrs easy. I am 12 years in aside for my two years being free from smoke, and some other decent periods of time like 50 days lol

I was born with asthma btw. Don’t use inhalers, only have attacks if I get worked up emotionally or am pushing myself physically but I’m also in good shape

LOL 3-4 times a day. That’s cute

@@HollerAtcherBoi 🤣🤣🤣

@@HollerAtcherBoi If 3-4 times a day isn't considered a lot, that makes me feel MUCH better lmfaoo. I'd get to my 4th dab of the day and think, "Damn, goin through this shit like water!"

I smoke weed like 30 times a day and my lungs are actually starting to tell me something

@@user-xv3lm1kx9l Damn 30?

@griefsociety: My hunch is that the 'education level' makes a difference because the more educated one is, the more healthy is one's lifestyle choices are. It takes a lot of education to maneuver such a toxic world in which we find ourselves living in... it isn't easy to avoid the pitfalls of false advertising, glyphosate/pesticides/chemicals and stress. So, all things being equal, the more educated may have an advantage in avoiding certain health ailments. (add to that, more educated people tend to get higher paying jobs and thus can afford gyms, babysitters, vitamins, and vacations, all things that help adults live more healthy lives. hope my rambling answer helps, if not, i apologize.

@@CarolBlaneyPhD well spoken

higher education is strongly associated with a healthier lifestyle

Thanks Mr. Obvious

💯

Is this method the best way to provide long time sustenance ? Cause I love pot I wanna smoke till I croak

@@215Ghouls sadly I'm a heavy user for 10 years pretty much abuse it till i fall asleep and started getting lung problems on my left lung I haven't been able to smoke like i used to I'm sure its fron so much tar building up and I'm quitting smoking and going to turn to edibles

I smoked cannabis from a water pipe for 15 years and now I'm in my 20's and have COPD. I went from running 10km a day and lifting 6 days a week 2 years ago (when symptoms began), to now getting out of breath from a moderate paced walk. Stick to ingestion rather than combustion, it's not worth the risk.

Wym?

I switched to edibles and my bro i ain’t going back to smoking again lol

@@lionlionel6447 bro idk what it is about edibles but I stay either not tripping at all or tripping too much. I want to switch cause of health reasons but tbh I might just have to stop consuming it in general

@@dane4303 some edibles hit me and some don’t . But when they do they do 😂. And you waste a lot more money on edibles in the long run unless you make your own. Edible tolerance grows 5x faster than smoking

@@lionlionel6447 edible tolerance grows 5x faster than smoking? wow that is saying something. is this just your own experience, or do you know others that also experience this? For edibles, some of us get stomach pains, and so it isn't an option.

@@CarolBlaneyPhD I speak from personal experience and from others . You can look up on forums like Reddit as well. For some reason edibles last longer , but tolerance also grows higher . Not sure why but that’s been my experience

Yes stopping is always think hard and hard. Yes but we can maintain and control in a healthy way

Very lucid point shivatandav. when i started doing this breathing excercise where you hold your breath full a few seconds before exhaling (was trying to open up my lungs) it seemed my breathing got naturally deeper. I am thinking our breathing mechanism needs conscious workouts just like our limbs and heart need workouts. and reading these comments I am seeing that yes, inhaling large breaths of vaporized cannabis also acts to expand lungs, maximize mass transfer at the air-lung barrier, and strengthen diaphragm etc etc. (probably best to just do the pranayama breathing though lol) but the point still holds: inhaling deeply, no matter for what reason (breathing or medicating) serves to stretch those lungs, and work out that diaphragm.

I have found that if I am stoned I can not meditate

Yea I have noticed that when I smoked for a period of 2 weeks or for any prolonged period I can't get enough oxygen rich air and my body can't get rid of the carbon dioxide fast enough

We also gave it to my ex-wife several years ago after being diagnosed with Stage 4 Breast Cancer, just rubbing it on topically between Oncologist visits(2 weeks) the lump in her breast that was 16 cm was measured at 11 cm. Needless to say she ate it and has been in remission for over 2 years now. Powerful Medicine...

That's horse shit and there is zero proof of weed doing anything healthy

@@Montblanc1986 😂😂😂😂

@@Montblanc1986 Big proof is that you know NOTHING about it.

I smoke only marijuana everyday out of my bong. I smoke 3 times a day about half a bowl For 4 years now. I don’t experience any shortness of breath but I do get a lot of clear mucus after smoking and in the morning. Lol I’ve been scared because of the corona

But again no issues breathing and no issues running or exercise

Exactly I'm a very athletic person and I still like to shadow box and box and I could tell you right now if I smoked as much cigarettes as I do weed there is no way in hell I would be able to do half the exercises I do

@@OPWasatchReptiles wiat till ur 45 years old lmao

No man your inhaling hot fumes from paper and lighter smoke/hot air is always bad for your lungs stick to eating weed 👍 breathing is life stay healthy

@無名賢者 only gets like that after months of consecutive use. Going on tolerance breaks for like 2 to 3weeks gives your lungs the time to drain the fluid out. Sure it aint the best for your lungs, but saying that it's worse than cigs cause some people can't control themselves is retarded.

Wow your lung collapsed because of weed? How would you smoke it

@@ladayblues6759 out of a bong. Besides being tall and skinny weed was the only cause

@@spencerduley2817 ngl I’ve been scared about that shit I might stop smoking 😳

@@ERocko-xu4cx usually happens with bong users because they dont clean the bong that often. Tar builds up so easy and quick on bongs/bowls that sometimes its not even worth it and its just safer to consume a joint/blunt or edibles. If u dont clean your piece often you will fuck up your lungs so quick, trust me because that happened to me, the tar from the bongs fucked up my lungs but i stopped for a few months and now i smoke joints/blunts only and i feel better, also im not coughing up mucus witb black tar specs on them anymore, i also cut down on my use. I smoke about 3-4 times a week, where as before i use to smoke 5-7 times a day.

@@MrVaDelux I think its more of the fact that bong hits allow you to really get those monster hits. The tar from actually burning the cannabis is the main contributing factor no matter how dirty a bong is. Taking a few months off is most likely what helped you. Also 5 -7 times a day. Thats pretty much once every hour. For the majority of people that are "weekend" smokers never experience problems. But i know daily smokers that have lung issues in their mid 30 for smoking weed the last 17 years or so. Blunt wraps are worse as that has tobacco. Get a dry herb vap. Preferably one with analog warm up as that is the closest your going to get to smoking without inhaling all the nasty particles.

Correlation does not mean causation

Try and switch to something like king palm or a Cbd wrap. Trust me your throat and lungs will thank you

That still goes to your lungs bud

@@TheDudeWithDaCowbell oh yea haha

More smoke goes to your head and sinuses. Used to exhale through my nose for a few years and I have damage to my nasal cavity. Nothing serious but much more inflammation and sinus infections. You get what they call a head high when you exhale through a nose

Having more mucous produced reduces the function of the cilia to remove debris & pathogens. This leads to more of the harmful compounds moving into the alveoli & into the bloodstream. More mucous is not good.

@@4tree false. Mucus is produced with a the purpose of removing toxins that’s why your body produces it when you’re sick. There is always a mucus membrane in your lungs if there wasn’t it would dry out. The mucus carries white blood cells too

@@DatsiKxModz just because you have more of something doesn't make it better than the standard amount. Mucous has its role in the lungs like you stated (prevents it drying out etc) but having too much even logically speaking would reduce the lungs efficiency to maximise oxygen uptake. I get your point and there is a really good video I can link you to that explains it in more detail

@@DatsiKxModz If you throw a gallon of water into a tub itll take longer to drain than a litre. The same is true with the body's drainage systems. If more mucus than normal = good then i guess cystic fibrosis is ideal right?

True, ive noticed people that smoke bongs/bowls tend to spit up more mucus/tar in mucus because of how easy bongs/bowls get dirty and also how easy the tar builds up on the bongs/bowls, make sure to keep your bong clean otherwise the tar on that piece will slowly start coming into ur lungs

All that means is that a bacteria or virus got into your lungs and started multiplying in you; how often do you share glass?

@@marybean2231 that's what was dangerous for me about my cannabis use. I would smoke with a group of people, I cringe now at how unsanitary that was

Hi Terry, What were your symptoms of the pneumonia?

I've smoked 45 years @ 1:58 1975 data. fuck this guy

They don't care. People in active addiction will always make excuses. Married to a smoker it is what it is.

Hereditary

@fir st The COPD may have developed from a prior condition, like Asthma or a case of Pneumonia. Smoking weed alone will not give you COPD.

@fir st I wasn't speaking on the video. I was speaking on your disbelief of hereditary COPD. Just trying to provide examples of conditions that can lead to further breathing problems and are a good indicator of COPD developing later in life. Basically saying that COPD can be hereditary, fucker.

@fir st Why are you calling me an addict for stating a fact?

What do you even mean by “lugs?” I’m a veteran smoker, and have never heard the term.

Go to a doctor lol

@@ashishsengupta6980 bitch it isn’t funny and I did and they said I had nothing in my throat

@@squigga6675 I mean if ur just spitting loogies after u take a toke or 2 everyone does that. The smoke particle matter stimulates mucous production in your throat to protect it which you then cough up and spit out.

Bruh stop playing that’s your mans nut! 🤣

@@jellyhero623 Is it bad tho ?

Wait till you’re older. It will hit you.

@@TheThefirstman I don't think so the brain stops developing at 18 not when your an adult if I was too notice change it would be now not the future

Jeremiah Alexander I think he is talking about your lungs, your brain will definitely have an increase in toxicity with marijuana use but as far as development goes idk. In my opinion don’t smoke MJ, I would consume it in a tea or food you like. Your lungs are meant to consume oxygen not smoke. I also think Dab pens need to be in this study because there will definitely be an increase in COPD from smoking it in that form with no regulation. All in all don’t smoke anything, god made MJ cookable for a reason.

@@Biggi3k You are absolutely correct. I should have specified lungs. Jeremiah just be careful with how much you smoke cuz it will hit your lungs at some point. And you will feel it.

I said the same thing when I was 17. Started at 11 and Im 29 now. I wish I still had healthy lungs. Truly regret it. Quit smoking 2,5 years ago. Best thing Ive ever done to myself.

Incorrect

Bongs are only slightly less harmful than a joint because they only filter out large particles. The finer smaller particles don't get filtered out and actually the water filters out the THC, CBD, and the other beneficial compounds by a bit so it's not as effective.

Any side affects?

@@davidcossio6271 I’ve been smoking weed habitually for ten years and here’s my take. It makes you lazy, unmotivated, you lose sight of life goals, lowers testosterone levels, and lots of lots of mucus, no rem sleep so your always tired.but it does make you feel good for like 15mins then you gotta smoke again.

@@renga19 unless you have edibles. Now that shits a whole different story lmao

@@renga19 Not entirely true, totally depends on the person. But I have definitely seen those habits with some stoner friends.

​@@renga19 Weed affects on different people. I feel like weed is just not for u then. For me, it doesn't make me lazy like that or decrease my motivation. I hate being lazy when I am high too. Or maybe u r going through some stuff. The thing about weed is if u have a clear mind and actually happy, u get the good effect. Have some self reflection back. That's all I have to say.

It’s eventually going to catch up to you. Get a CT scan once a year to make sure your not developing anything.

@@wilbertmeaway6405 probably a good idea. My chest xrays were clear

Dude mine collapsed the other day thought I was dying

Was it directly from marinuana

Smoking any herb will harm your lungs, edibles are the safest and best way to consume cannabis for a psychoactive effect.

@無名賢者 it doesn't cure cancer but has anti-tumor growth effects, making the development of cancer tissues worse and slow. Which kinda means it does the opposite of cause cancer. Read the studies you halfwit

@無名賢者 no it doesn't cure cancer. And any smoke is bad for you. I smoke weed and my lungs are fucked

Did he smoke blunts or papers

That’s not entirely true. Yes the smoke can leave tar, but MUCH of what builds up in tubes and bubblers is literally to do with plant matter sucking into the water. Certainly the case in my daily driver, a 9 year old Mobius Matrix. Keep that shh clean. I clean my piece every day if not multiple times. Also smoke with an Herb Iron (hold the lighter under a glass table and tell me you’re okay with that unnecessary soot getting into your lungs but are concerned about cannabis smoke lol)

@Beni I’ve only heard good things about the volcano, especially from big lez. I guess my next step is a either a dab pen or a herb vape (bc the volcano is like $300 or sum like that)

You have minimized the tar build up as much as you can. But remember this: u dont live forever.If you can get 30-40 yrs of good smoking without any issues that's really all you could ask for.

Youu my friend is dealing with some thing I had to endure push through till i got my adhd diagnoses and everything internally just fell into alignment once i started Adderall i realized I could never be lucid wakeful state of mind always distracted forgetful dreaming not dreaming . Like you can sleep for three days straight . Everything is so hd now when it comes to

i only smoke a big bong & im constantly coughing up phelgm & sometimes itll have little red spots in it.

@@okayalright1997 hmmm I cought up stuff that looks like plant matter , its greyish , sometimes black no worries , its just the bong resin , sometimes when you know youve been smoking too much pot is when your not smoking and just walking around and you take a breath of air and you feel a rumble in your lungs , and then when your exhale really hard it makes loud popping noises , and then you can bend over , put your head down , and cough , lots will come up , but then you have to HORK and GORK I call it , when you clear your throat and sinus , that loud noise! lots of resin will come out , and you can taste it , try not to puke though! ive puked a few times trying to clear stuff from my lungs hahaha not fun , as for the red spots , hmm never seen that before , could be from your sinus ?

@@okayalright1997 I recently bought an ASH CATCH for my bong ,their $25-$100 its makes it wayyyy more smooth! and it catches all the asha nd resin , seems like it makes it easier on the lungs , as i cough less

never heard of them until now thanks for informing me ill try them out

If you actually watch the video and pay attention, nearly all of the studies include ONLY WEED smokers.

Avoid blunts at all costs because every blunt wrap(excluding shit like king palm and high hemp/cbd wraps) is tobacco and weed will still fuck you up.

Basically. Weed has some of the same cancer causing chemicals as tobacco. Some in higher amounts. And studies suggest weed smokers are at a higher risk for developing COPD/Chronic Bronchitis.

@@FiddlinWithYourCerebellum uh huh. First time I’ve heard of this and I actually look. So I looked it up and there is an article from sciencedaily that says certain chemicals can be a risk in high doses but nothing like tobacco.

@@newblakestone benzopyrene is found in marijuana smoke in higher quantities. It’s also in this video.

@@newblakestone www.healthline.com/health/lung-cancer/can-you-get-lung-cancer-from-smoking-weed here is another link from a reliable source.

smoke is smoke no matter the substance. it isnt the weed that hurts your lungs its the smoke.

the hard truth lol.

@Philip Thompson they put the same warning on the cannabis containers in Arizona. However the smoke is what they say has carcinogens on the warning. Being a stoner for almost 6 years I've done a lot of research and it's unfortunate that there is so much unreliable studies. I have studied industrial engineering which uses statistics and I can interpret the studies without help. They are all variable because they use small population sizes and do.a terrible job adjusting for tobacco and other environmental factors. Edibles and alternative consumption methods that do not combust the material are safe because the carcinogenic compounds only appear in the smoke besides any additives that they add to the plant so dry-herb vaporization is a much safer option. I've decided in the last few days to reduce my usage and only use non combusting as much as possible. A younger me would just ignore the health warning. My dad smoked weed for 50 years and claimed it doesn't cause cancer. But he died of undiagnosed cancer. Doctors can't tell for sure what caused it because he had many other risks factors not related to smoking. That's when I did further research. I still smoke weed 2 years after my dad died, but Im at the point where I feel it's no longer serving me like it used to. it's not that I'm against it now because I still push for legalization and there are many proven benefits that have nothing to do with smoking it.

You just created a Strawman argument, he's not evaluating the evidence for wood fumes or rubber tires but rather tobacco and marijuana smoke and you just completely misrepresented his case to ignore the point.

Yep yep keep smoking that good stuff try not smoking for 5 days and tell me how you feel.

@@thecasual4698 what's your point?? Seriously.

Lopez No seriously try it and come back