Tuesday 17 February 2009

Marijuana link to cancer

Dope smoking is often seen as the acceptable face of illegal drug use, and it's easy to assume that smoking marijuana is really pretty harmless. However, a new study suggests that the dangers may be even greater than previously thought.

The link between regular marijuana use and impotence, low sperm quality and reduced testosterone levels in men has been established for some time, but this new research has discovered that there is also a link with testicular cancer. Regular marijuana users have double the risk of getting testicular cancer, and they seem to be particularly susceptible to the most aggressive form of the disease. You can see an abstract of the research paper here

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