Pot smokers don't puff away lung health: study

[RainDog]

99. you know, it is currently accepted as a medical reason for cannabis too

Tashkin is quoted in the article here because he's also the most experienced researcher on pulmonary issues and cannabis - so you can take it up with him and the doctors who are currently recommending it for asthma in states with medical MJ - and the patients who are using it for the same.

You can go look at the many studies Tashkin has done and you can argue this with the doctors who have far more experience in this subject than either you or I.

noting it was a long-recognized medicine for asthma was part of the introduction to see if that traditional usage bore out in the study - in the same way that people, say, would note willow bark was long used for the same reason aspirin is now. it's ridiculous to try to claim that noting a history is the same as talking about the uses of mercury. total bullshit misrepresentation.

some people put their research into perspective to explain why they decided to do one test or another.

You are free to go spend your time looking for research papers that are available thru subscription at universities, by talking to the doctors and patients who currently use this - one of them is here, btw.

I didn't do a comprehensive search. However, you should recognize that asthma research is considered valid enough concerning mj for doctors to recommend it at this time.