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Smoking Cannabis May Be Both Harmful and Beneficial To Your Lungs
Different research papers argue opposite things, however, they may have something in common
My good friend Julian used to jog for 7 miles every single day. Back when I was working in the States, he used to be a bartender at a renowned local restaurant during the night — that left him with a lot of free time during the day.
He would wake up at 9 am, stretch, meditate, and either go jogging on the beach or riding his bicycle for 2 hours without stopping. After he has done his morning/noon routine he’d usually run a couple of errands, do the laundry, drink some coffee, and go to work at 5 pm, where he would bartend until 11 pm.
Oh, he was also a daily cannabis smoker. I always admired how he managed not to get out of breath during his jogging/cycling sessions and then be able to work throughout the night shift. Although he smoked 2 joints a day all by himself, he never coughed or complained of being out of breath. Not even once.
He used to say that cannabis not only didn’t have an impact on his lungs (or he thought so) but rather it enhanced their performance. I thought all this was nonsense, of course. Throughout the year I’ve been constantly told that smoking cannabis is not different from smoking…
