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Is Hookah More Injurious To Health Than Weed?

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Posted on Wed, 18 Mar 2015
Question: hi doctor
i want to ask which is worst weed or hooka?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (28 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
I am making assumptions

Detailed Answer:
There are some problems with each
I am assuming tobacco with hooka.
It certainly depends upon the amount.
Rare one time bad effects have happened with each but with a single use the problems (except driving while intoxicated) are so very rare, the answer is meaningless.
WIth daily use, lung disease, heart disease, lung cancer are real risks with tobacco that are not associated with marijuana.
There are (subtle) effects with marijuana on the ability to think and concentrate.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (53 minutes later)
so is weed like cigarettes in term of health ?
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Matt Wachsman (33 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
not at all

Detailed Answer:
while up to 1 in four people have an asthma like irritation from marijuana, very very few get pulmonary disease from it while 25% at least of cigarette smokers do. Indeed at least 25% of cigarette smokers die from a cigarette caused disease.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Is Hookah More Injurious To Health Than Weed?

Brief Answer: I am making assumptions Detailed Answer: There are some problems with each I am assuming tobacco with hooka. It certainly depends upon the amount. Rare one time bad effects have happened with each but with a single use the problems (except driving while intoxicated) are so very rare, the answer is meaningless. WIth daily use, lung disease, heart disease, lung cancer are real risks with tobacco that are not associated with marijuana. There are (subtle) effects with marijuana on the ability to think and concentrate.