Interesting...

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I have this from a friend from a while back. I just thought it was
interesting and I saved it.

the DEA's own Administrative Law Judge Francis Young has
declared that "marijuana in its natural form is far safer than
many foods we commonly consume." 1) Most marijuana
smokers smoke the bud, not the leaf, of the plant. The bud
contains only 33% as much tar as tobacco. 2) Marijuana
smokers do not smoke anywhere near as much as tobacco
smokers, due to the psychoactive effects of cannabis. 3) Not
one case of lung cancer has ever been successfully linked to
marijuana use. 4) Cannabis, unlike tobacco, does not cause
any narrowing of the small air passageways in the lungs. In
fact, marijuana has been shown to be an expectorant and
actually dilates the air channels it comes in contact with. This is
why many asthma sufferers look to marijuana to provide relief.

Tobacco pay- offs also go to fund organizations such as the
Partnership For A Drug Free America, which adopt a harsh
anti-drug agenda yet seem to omit alcohol and tobacco
(claiming they are harmless.) As an example, a 1984 law which
was intended to require tobacco companies to release to the
public a list of additives used in the manufacture of cigarettes
was watered down to the extent that the list is now released
only to the Department of Health and Human Services on the
condition that it not be shown to anyone else. Companies have
been known in the past to add chemicals to cigarettes for flavor,
and, many assert, for their addictive properties.