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Asked by thorley to Akshat on 9 Jun 2011. This question was also asked by 0ligray28.
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Akshat Rathi answered on 9 Jun 2011:
It does not affect your health as much as cigarettes and it is also much less addictive than cigarettes but it is an illegal drug. So despite it being less harmful than smoking cigareets using cannabis can cause you a lot of trouble.
I actually wrote about the main ingredient in cannabis that is responsible for its effects. You can read it here: http://www.rsc.org/chemistryworld/podcast/CIIEcompounds/transcripts/THC.asp
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0ligray28 commented on :
Luke…trust you to ask this
miller commented on :
why is it illegal?
burke commented on :
On Canabis Joint is as Bad as 5 cigarettes!
Judith commented on :
the main reason its illegal is that cannbis can lead to changes in the way your brain reacts, so you become more anxious about things (paranoid), more easily stressed, less likely to do things (social interactions and physical work) since it affects the motivation/reward parts of your mind.
Basically, it has similar physical health risks as smoking for lungs and tissue damage-but the way it affects your thought processes etc are way more extensive and not really known conclusively