Is tobacco more toxic then cannabis or is cannabis more toxic then tobacco? This is a topic there is much debate upon in some social circles. Within these social circles, it is just a lot of personal opinions and heresy, but very little medical facts about toxicity of either cannabis or tobacco.

Cancer:
Cancer commonly thought to be caused by only tobacco, but the truth is cannabis also causes cancer according to Paranoia's web site, which you will find in the sources at the end of this article. We all know that regular tobacco as well causes cancer that people can die from as well the surgeon general of the United States informs us of that fact on every pack of cigarettes sold.

Therefore, in my research it looks as if both cannabis and tobacco both cause cancer making them equally as toxic as the other, but there are more areas we need to look at to make a fair determination.

Pain Relief
Medical Cannabis also called medical marijuana and is prescribed for a host of medical aliments especially for pain control with cancer, chronic pain associated with arthritis. There are benefits to this medical cannabis, and doctors send that message every time they write a prescription for it. There are no healthy benefits of tobacco.

Side Effects of Chemotherapy
Some people who are undergoing cancer treatment are also given medical cannabis to ease the side effects of chemotherapy while in treatment. The medical cannabis is said to have a calming effect on the nausea and nerves of cancer patients. Tobacco does not have these healthful benefits.

Smoking marijuana is something some people do on a daily basis, and they claim it is no worse then smoking a cigarette. I am not a pot smoker, and I do think the claim of marijuana to be less risky than a cigarette is very bogus.

Diminished Intellect
There is another side effect from smoking pot which is smoking marijuana does diminish intellectual abilities. We have all seen the middle aged burn outs that have been smoking cannabis since high school on a regular basis. Marijuana does not make all habitual users walk around acting as if they are impaired, some users do not appear as thought they have been using. Tobacco users do not have the same effect from repeatedly smoking cigarettes for a number of years.

Hallucinations
Marijuana has been known to make those mentally ill people who do smoke it have symptoms that are more apparent. Those mentally ill users have more documented cases

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