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To: mugs99
"Why haven't those infections you're so concerned about shown up?"

Who says they haven't?

"Hamadeh and associates. Chest, Vol. 94/2, pp.432-433, 1988. "Invasive aspergillosis has become a significant cause of death in immunosuppressed patients". Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal complication of marijuana use in compromised hosts such as patients with AIDS or malignancies.)"

"Transplantation, Vol. 61, June 27, 1996. (Marijuana smoke transmits aspergillosis, a fungus having up to a 90% fatality rate if contracted by transplant patients. Researchers have strongly warned against the use of marijuana in immuno-compromised patients such as those with AIDS, chronic granulomatous disease, bone marrow transplants and those receiving chemotherapy for small cell lung cancer.)"

"Voth EA, Schwartz RH. Medicinal applications of delta 9 THC and marijuana: a perspective. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997: 126:791-8. (Marijuana is not a panacea. It is an impure weed that introduces immuno compromised patients to bacteria, fungi, and other toxic complications. We recommend sticking with predictable medical therapies and not deviating from FDA approved medicine in exchange for herbal remedies"

38 posted on 06/26/2006 11:37:59 AM PDT by robertpaulsen
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To: robertpaulsen
Who says they haven't?
Hamadeh and associates. Chest, Vol. 94/2, pp.432-433, 1988. "Physicians should be aware of this potentially lethal"

Ok, they are aware. Why haven't these infections shown up in chemo patients since this warning was issued in 1988?

Transplantation, Vol. 61, June 27, 1996. (Marijuana smoke transmits aspergillosis, a fungus having up to a 90% fatality rate if contracted by transplant patients.
Where are the bodies?

Voth EA, Schwartz RH. Medicinal applications of delta 9 THC and marijuana: a perspective. Annals of Internal Medicine 1997: 126:791-8. (Marijuana is not a panacea. It is an impure weed that introduces immuno compromised patients to bacteria, fungi, and other toxic complications.
Where are the victims of these marijuana caused complications?

Any which way you blow it, you have nothing but smoke.
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41 posted on 06/26/2006 11:51:31 AM PDT by mugs99 (Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.)
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