A new report on the health effects of smoking cannabis has found that long-term pot smoking is about as harmful as not flossing. The study, published in the June edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association, follows the health of a thousand 18-year-olds who either smoked pot or tobacco over a 20-year time period.
Researchers found that by age 38, those who had smoked pot had poorer gum health than those who smoked tobacco. However, the researchers conclude, “cannabis use was unrelated to other physical health problems.”...
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2016/06/08/3785731/20-years-smoking-pot-gum-disease/
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