[LAUREN TAYLOR]
RESEARCHERS ARE HOPING TO REFRAME THE DISCUSSION ON MARIJUANA USE WITH NEW FINDINGS SHOWING SERIOUS HEALTH RISKS LINKED TO POT.
A STUDY FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA FOUND CANNABIS EXPOSURE IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER RATES OF CANCERS, PARTICULARLY BREAST, PANCREATIC, LIVER, THYROID AND TESTICULAR CANCERS.
RESEARCHERS REVEALED TESTICULAR CANCER RISK IS NEARLY THREE TIMES GREATER AMONG MARIJUANA USERS THAN PEOPLE WHO WERE NOT EXPOSED.
OTHER TROUBLING DISCOVERIES CONNECTED CANNABIS USE TO BIRTH DEFECTS.
INCLUDING MISSING LIMBS, HEART DEFECTS, OTHER DISORDERS, SEEMINGLY SHOWING CANNABIS USERS ARE PASSING ON D-N-A MUTATIONS TO THEIR CHILDREN.
THE RESEARCHERS BELIEVE THE HEALTH RISKS ARE DUE TO THE PLANT’S CHEMICAL MAKEUP, WHICH INCLUDES COMPOUNDS LIKE T-H-C AND C-B-D.
BOTH HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO DAMAGE HUMAN CELLS ACCELERATING AGING IN PEOPLE WHO USE POT.
PREVIOUS STUDIES HAVE FOUND A 30 PERCENT ACCELERATION IN CELLULAR AGING IN PEOPLE AS YOUNG AS 30 AND CLUSTERS OF MAJOR BIRTH DEFECTS IN AREAS WITH HIGH CANNABIS GROWING OPERATIONS.
THE AUTHORS ARE CALLING FOR MORE RESEARCH ON THE HEALTH PROBLEMS LINKED TO MARIJUANA USE.
ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE RECENT RISE IN POTENCY OF MARIJUANA PRODUCTS AND AS LEGALIZATION BECOMES MORE WIDESPREAD GLOBALLY.
THEY ARGUE LAWMAKERS AND THE PUBLIC CAN NO LONGER IGNORE THE HEALTH DANGERS OF CANNABIS EXPOSURE.
URGING PEOPLE TO GO BEYOND DISCUSSION OF “PERSONAL LIBERTIES” AND FOCUS ON PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH.
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