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Marijuana is a Proven Winner in the Debate on Tobacco vs Weed

Submitted by Marijuana News on Sat, 06/27/2015 - 06:50

n the ongoing debate regarding tobacco vs weed, a new study finds that marijuana is definitely a better way to go. Scientists approached this by using the MOE or margin of exposure comparison method to determine how different substances affect people long-term. They did this by using the ratio between the dose in each that would characterize adverse effects and the amount that people typically use.

Surprisingly, alcohol was worst for negative health results and marijuana on the other hand, was the least risky. Nicotine, which comes from the tobacco plant, wasn’t quite as bad as drinking but, long-term use was still considered high-risk. Weed sat way at the other end of the spectrum, confirming what researchers have always stated: it is consistently the safest recreational drug by far. But with any substance, moderation is still the key.

These test results also showed that weed poses around 114 times less of a problem than the most serious of these...

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