The paper, published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Assn., adds to some previous research that has also failed to find a link between low or moderate exposure to marijuana smoke and lung damage. The issue has gained some importance in recent years, however, as marijuana usage rates rise and as states considered legalization of marijuana for medical or even recreational purposes.
Even a low level of cigarette smoke has been linked to a higher risk of respiratory problems, pulmonary disease and lung cancer — as has exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke. Thus, the idea that marijuana smoke may also be harmful is reasonable. Marijuana contains many of the same chemicals as tobacco smoke. (more…)
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U.S. border police have found a sophisticated drug smugglers’ tunnel the length of six football fields linking Southern California with Mexico and arrested two people, authorities said on Wednesday.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said the tunnel ran between warehouses in Otay Mesa, California, and Tijuana, Mexico. It measured 1,800 feet and was equipped with a rail system, lighting and ventilation.
Agents recovered more than 25 metric tons of marijuana in seizures related to the investigation in both California and Mexico and arrested a U.S. citizen and his Mexican wife.
The couple were stopped at a Border Patrol checkpoint in Southern California, driving a semi trailer loaded with ten metric tons of pot. The truck had earlier left the warehouse, which agents had under surveillance.
“This wasn’t a mom-and-pop operation, or in this case a husband and wife operation. This is clearly organized crime at work. This was the cartels,” said John Morton, director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
