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What Are The Adverse Effects Of Smoking Weed On Lungs?

If I smoke about a ounce of weed with 3-5 people a day and use a full pack of smokes for that ounce a day what could happen to my lungs? I ve been doing this for about 4 years everyday and for the past two years I ve spat up quarter or toonie sized chunks of pitch black.. What are those?
Mon, 5 Jan 2015
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Thanks for your question on HCM.
Smoking weed is not good for health. It can damage lungs in several ways.
Possible damage in the form of
1. Obstructive airway disease
2. Restrictive airway disease
3. Decrease immunity and makes patient vulnerable to infection.
4. Malignancy.
5. Pulmonary embolism.
6. Pulmonary edema secondary to smoking associated heart failure.
So better to quit this habit. As it will only harm you.
I advice you to consult pulmonologist and get done chest x ray and PFT ( PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST ) to rule out above possible complications.
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What Are The Adverse Effects Of Smoking Weed On Lungs?

Thanks for your question on HCM. Smoking weed is not good for health. It can damage lungs in several ways. Possible damage in the form of 1. Obstructive airway disease 2. Restrictive airway disease 3. Decrease immunity and makes patient vulnerable to infection. 4. Malignancy. 5. Pulmonary embolism. 6. Pulmonary edema secondary to smoking associated heart failure. So better to quit this habit. As it will only harm you. I advice you to consult pulmonologist and get done chest x ray and PFT ( PULMONARY FUNCTION TEST ) to rule out above possible complications.