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Originally Posted by fifthofnovember
You want to pretend like the studies don't exist, fine.
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I am not pretending anything. I was told that studies existed that show how pot is less harmful than cigarettes. I asked to see those studies. Those studies have not been provided.
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It doesn't help your case though. You have been able to provide zero evidence that marijuana has ANY inherent negative health effects. Therefore your opinion, which runs counter to conventional wisdom, fails to meet even a Prima Facie case.
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Conventional wisdom among whom?
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The "evidence" presented that marijuana is harmful (to include the "worse-than-lung-cancer" symptoms of coughs and itchy throats) is not evidence of that at all. It is evidence that smoke inhalation is inherently harmful. I know of no substance that is healthy to smoke. But you have confused the substance itself with the method of consumption, and transferred the ill effects of the method onto the substance. Find a case of pot brownies causing health problems, then you might have the beginnings of a case. Tobacco, by the way, causes CANCER and DEATH even in the chewing variety,
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I have made no claims as to what is worse. You did, the burden of proof is on you.
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so to prove pot is worse, you are going to need to find large numbers of people who died of pot. Good luck.
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You say there are studies that show pot is less harmful than cigarettes. Please show me these studies. I have made no claims, I am not required to prove anything. You made claims, therefor you are required to back your claim unless you do not want to prove your case.