May 22, 2012
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Dear Ask The Doctor: Can you get cancer from smoking weed. Dear Daniel: Certainly smoking Marijuana can also be a risk for developing cancer. Researchers have found Marijuana to cause inflammation and cell damage, and it has been associated with pre-cancerous changes in lung tissue. This is because many of the carcinogens usually found in cigarette smoking might also be found in Marijuana. There are reasons in addition to lung cancer risk to avoid marijuana. Marijuana likely increases the risk of testicular cancer, prostate cancer, cervical cancer, a type of brain tumor, and the risk of leukemia in the offspring of women who use it during pregnancy. I hope I cleared your doubt. |
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