Obama says marijuana ‘no more dangerous than alcohol’

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174. The main problem with smoking pot is the mechanical damage to lungs from smoke of any kind

but not all smoke is equal. From a mechanical injury perspective, they all damage, but tobacco has carcinogens that marijuana lacks. And a house fire, with all of the poisons in carpet, furniture, et al., is the most damaging of all. And you can't ask very many people these days how damaging the smoke was from the Twin Towers. Most are dead, those who aren't probably pray for death.

Now, vaping puts all of that under scrutiny. I wish we could get some good science on whether vaping negates the mechanical injury. Because frankly, Marijuana appears to have high safety, much, much higher than the poison that is alcohol. Of course, GHB has the highest safety profile but it was demonized so Orphan pharmaceuticals could get their hands on it. A totally off topic tangent. Personal, because GHB is the best sleep aid, bar none, and with none of the dangers of Ambien. But it was in the hands of people and people could cook it easily at home, so it needed to be removed. Another topic for another day.

Vaping is the future, not only for cannabis but also for nicotine delivery (replacing smoking the carcinogenic tobacco).

Unfortunately, Obama says these wonderful things and then forgets to direct AG Holder to back the fuck off. It's annoying.

I live in Washington state where we are gearing up to make pot legal and available, albeit with a lot of caveats. But we fight Holder every step of the way. When I say gearing up, there is a lot that has to be figured out. Can marijuana be screened on employment and during employment? And where does medical marijuana come into play?