Liver damage can be caused by an excess of almost anything circulating in the blood stream. Even doctor prescribed medications taken in proper doses have been shown to cause liver damage. Also, many people are born with poorly functioning livers as a result of even the slightest irregulartiy during their fetal development. The liver is both the weakest and strongest organ we have because it is very easily destroyed, but it is the only human organ that can regenerate itself.
There are no tests that can tell you WHAT is harming your liver, only that it is being harmed. The only way to find out what is hurting your liver is by trial and error.
1. Get your doctor to check your liver function with a blood test.
2. If you eat fast food and smoke weed, then try to stop smoking for as long as you can (2 months is preferable).
3. Have another test and compare the two.
4. If there is no improvement then try to eat fresh and healthy foods. Raw vegetables and water are the best foods for our livers.
5. Test again. Compare.
6. If the problem is serious your doctor will already be looking for other diseases which might have caused the damage so if neither of your changes helps it could be something more serious.
Oh, and you can't get in trouble for telling your doctor that you use drugs. Anything you say in his office is confidential unless you sign a form stating otherwise. In a few states weed is being decriminalized anyway.
:) Good luck!
There are no tests that can tell you WHAT is harming your liver, only that it is being harmed. The only way to find out what is hurting your liver is by trial and error.
1. Get your doctor to check your liver function with a blood test.
2. If you eat fast food and smoke weed, then try to stop smoking for as long as you can (2 months is preferable).
3. Have another test and compare the two.
4. If there is no improvement then try to eat fresh and healthy foods. Raw vegetables and water are the best foods for our livers.
5. Test again. Compare.
6. If the problem is serious your doctor will already be looking for other diseases which might have caused the damage so if neither of your changes helps it could be something more serious.
Oh, and you can't get in trouble for telling your doctor that you use drugs. Anything you say in his office is confidential unless you sign a form stating otherwise. In a few states weed is being decriminalized anyway.
:) Good luck!
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Man, sounds like you are the propaganda's casualty man! Marijuana is like this revolutionary plant, many human history of different regions tells stories about marijuana. The government doesn't care about marijuana as they are drugs, it's like the super minor issue. I suggest that you watch these two videos, one is a movie, and the other is a documentary
Pine Apple Express
You'll see how the government baned the marijuana and everything. It's 100% fiction, but it'll give you the idea.
Magic Weed - History Of Marijuana
It's the history of marijuana, most of the things that you wanna know about Marijuana are covered there.
You wanna do research, you better check the right issues, try a library or media piracy, which I don't suggest that you do~
Pine Apple Express
You'll see how the government baned the marijuana and everything. It's 100% fiction, but it'll give you the idea.
Magic Weed - History Of Marijuana
It's the history of marijuana, most of the things that you wanna know about Marijuana are covered there.
You wanna do research, you better check the right issues, try a library or media piracy, which I don't suggest that you do~
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Man, sounds like you are the propaganda's casualty man! Marijuana is like this revolutionary plant, many human history of different regions tells stories about marijuana. The government doesn't care about marijuana as they are drugs, it's like the super minor issue. I suggest that you watch these two videos, one is a movie, and the other is a documentary
Pine Apple Express
You'll see how the government baned the marijuana and everything. It's 100% fiction, but it'll give you the idea.
Magic Weed - History Of Marijuana
It's the history of marijuana, most of the things that you wanna know about Marijuana are covered there.
You wanna do research, you better check the right issues, try a library or media piracy, which I don't suggest that you do~
Pine Apple Express
You'll see how the government baned the marijuana and everything. It's 100% fiction, but it'll give you the idea.
Magic Weed - History Of Marijuana
It's the history of marijuana, most of the things that you wanna know about Marijuana are covered there.
You wanna do research, you better check the right issues, try a library or media piracy, which I don't suggest that you do~
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Bob Marley got melanoma on his big toe. He chose to have it untreated, as it was against his Rastafari Religion to "carve up pieces of meself". The untreated cancer spread and we lost him.
So if you want to look at Rastafari, then please do. All I've met or been in contact with are extrodinarily healthy, putting only natural things in their bodys in accordance with their teachings. I've seen 80 year old Rasta's climbing and walking like it was nothing, with me scambling, huffing and puffing to keep up.
Unfortunately, sometimes there's not a reason why terrible things happen to us. Sometimes they just happen, and to the original poster, I'm sorry it's happening to you.
I'm recovering from rectal surgery (hence the name) and marijuana has been a godsend for me. I was taking 2 Percocet every 3 hours, and Xanax 3 times a day, and that was not working. I was still in the worst pain of my life. Marijuana has helped so much with taking the pain away, and the anxiety, and helping me rest. It does a lot of good.
I agree that it's the smoking that could give long term effects because smoking anything is bad for lungs. (although MJ has been proven to help with asthma). But as other posts have pointed out, there are other ways to use it. I've never heard about any liver problems, but I will be investigating further. I would tend to think that problems could be from something mixed in with the pot, or that the studies were using tremensously high doses. Medical Marijuana needs to be legalized. period.
So if you want to look at Rastafari, then please do. All I've met or been in contact with are extrodinarily healthy, putting only natural things in their bodys in accordance with their teachings. I've seen 80 year old Rasta's climbing and walking like it was nothing, with me scambling, huffing and puffing to keep up.
Unfortunately, sometimes there's not a reason why terrible things happen to us. Sometimes they just happen, and to the original poster, I'm sorry it's happening to you.
I'm recovering from rectal surgery (hence the name) and marijuana has been a godsend for me. I was taking 2 Percocet every 3 hours, and Xanax 3 times a day, and that was not working. I was still in the worst pain of my life. Marijuana has helped so much with taking the pain away, and the anxiety, and helping me rest. It does a lot of good.
I agree that it's the smoking that could give long term effects because smoking anything is bad for lungs. (although MJ has been proven to help with asthma). But as other posts have pointed out, there are other ways to use it. I've never heard about any liver problems, but I will be investigating further. I would tend to think that problems could be from something mixed in with the pot, or that the studies were using tremensously high doses. Medical Marijuana needs to be legalized. period.
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great info here guys...
I've been a smoker of marijuana for almost 7 years now, everyday, multiple joints.... i dont drink whatsoever. i do on the other hand add a bit of tobacco to my joints...
recently i've been getting really strange discomforts in my liver region. No pain, just very uncomfortable. Like its flexing too much or something. But it only happens after i smoke... It wasnt ever tooo bad that i was scared, but i recently smoked some hash and i thought i was gonna die./...
i guess i gotta see a doctor and stop smoking........... that sux!
i never thought weed could hurt me...my baby..................this is a sad day :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
I've been a smoker of marijuana for almost 7 years now, everyday, multiple joints.... i dont drink whatsoever. i do on the other hand add a bit of tobacco to my joints...
recently i've been getting really strange discomforts in my liver region. No pain, just very uncomfortable. Like its flexing too much or something. But it only happens after i smoke... It wasnt ever tooo bad that i was scared, but i recently smoked some hash and i thought i was gonna die./...
i guess i gotta see a doctor and stop smoking........... that sux!
i never thought weed could hurt me...my baby..................this is a sad day :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
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Honestly? A soap opera is the only basis you can come up with on your knowledge of marijuana? Please tell me that American's have not sunk that low..........Wow.
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i don't know much about it most say it is harmless...but it is still better not to smoke weed than to do it
they say it is harmless but it may have some effects on some and others much more minor effects...and government websites are put up there for a reason
for information
so if you think they make that sh*t up...i don't think so otherwise it wouldn't be there, experience cannot tell you whether or not it is damaging, it is coming from a biased point of view.
they say it is harmless but it may have some effects on some and others much more minor effects...and government websites are put up there for a reason
for information
so if you think they make that sh*t up...i don't think so otherwise it wouldn't be there, experience cannot tell you whether or not it is damaging, it is coming from a biased point of view.
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Oh lovely the wonderful government!!! They allow the drug companies to gouge us with overpriced medicines that we don't even need. They allow the drug companies to have monopoly's on medications that are highly used throughout the US. Now about the marijuana. I am an abnormally healthy 38 yr old female who has smoked for close to 15 years on a regular basis. I smoke it because it helps keep me on an even keel. I have pretty severe ADHD. I get sick on average of about once every year and a half. You say I will probably die of lung cancer, but I bet you will be dead before me due to a heart attack from stress. I already have a high risk of heart disease. My mother her brothers and her father all died at early ages from heart disease. Genetics has a larger part in what you are at risk for than anything else. I had a cousin, never smoked anything, never drank, nothing. Dropped dead of a massive heart attack at the age of 60, there is no direct relation from my mother to him, he married into our family. Now on that note alcohol has been proven to cause damage to the liver, kidneys, stomach, and brain. It can even mess up your intestines and throat. Everyone says that it is better than pot, but I haven't heard any reports of someone proven to be on marijuana alone that have killed innocent people. Yet that happens everyday with alcohol. Personally before you bash marijuana you should maybe do better research. The government dosen't always tell you all the facts. They only tell you what they want you to know. Look up the parents fact sheet, it will tell you all the side effects of smoking marijuana. Personally I would rather my kids smoke pot than drink. There are less ill effects. And you can always remember what you do. Oh and they did give it to cancer patients on chemotherapy to help their appetites. They quit because of the government. I had some friends that absoultly wasted away after that.
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Hi - just a few observations.
1) There is a definite need to distinguish between the methods of delivery for THC. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, because you're breathing in bits of carbon, burnt paper & plant material. You could smoke oregano joints and get lung cancer - this does not mean oregano causes cancer.
2) Pot bought off the 'street' frequently has additives, such as pesticides, fertilizer or other psychoactive substances to make it seem more potent. Smoking these probably will damage your liver and most other body parts.
3) The lack of adequate, thorough research is due to lack of funding and stigma attached to THC studies. As a neuroscientist, I can tell you that it is VERY difficult to obtain funding for such studies in North America - which is why the majority of good THC research comes from Europe - some of which aren't published in English and therefore made widely inaccessible to the masses who google "marijuana".
Researchers become slaves to grant money, and of course you can't blame their human nature to want to take on multi-million dollar projects sponsored by drug-corporations - they need to eat and pay their mortgage too.
5) If the government wholly admits that marijuana is viable for medical use - every single drug company will go bust. Just like that. Analgesics, Sleep-aids, Appetite stimulants, Anti-depressants, Mood-enhancers, anti-cancer agents.... :-)
6) Additionally, industrial hemp will put an end to the petrochemical byproducts (plastics, synthetic fibres) monopoly.
Research on all these have been done, but suppressed. Sorry for the essay, but all I can say is fight on!
8) 8)
1) There is a definite need to distinguish between the methods of delivery for THC. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, because you're breathing in bits of carbon, burnt paper & plant material. You could smoke oregano joints and get lung cancer - this does not mean oregano causes cancer.
2) Pot bought off the 'street' frequently has additives, such as pesticides, fertilizer or other psychoactive substances to make it seem more potent. Smoking these probably will damage your liver and most other body parts.
3) The lack of adequate, thorough research is due to lack of funding and stigma attached to THC studies. As a neuroscientist, I can tell you that it is VERY difficult to obtain funding for such studies in North America - which is why the majority of good THC research comes from Europe - some of which aren't published in English and therefore made widely inaccessible to the masses who google "marijuana".
Researchers become slaves to grant money, and of course you can't blame their human nature to want to take on multi-million dollar projects sponsored by drug-corporations - they need to eat and pay their mortgage too.
5) If the government wholly admits that marijuana is viable for medical use - every single drug company will go bust. Just like that. Analgesics, Sleep-aids, Appetite stimulants, Anti-depressants, Mood-enhancers, anti-cancer agents.... :-)
6) Additionally, industrial hemp will put an end to the petrochemical byproducts (plastics, synthetic fibres) monopoly.
Research on all these have been done, but suppressed. Sorry for the essay, but all I can say is fight on!
8) 8)
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Hi - just a few observations.
1) There is a definite need to distinguish between the methods of delivery for THC. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, because you're breathing in bits of carbon, burnt paper & plant material. You could smoke oregano joints and get lung cancer - this does not mean oregano causes cancer.
2) Pot bought off the 'street' frequently has additives, such as pesticides, fertilizer or other psychoactive substances to make it seem more potent. Smoking these probably will damage your liver and most other body parts.
3) The lack of adequate, thorough research is due to lack of funding and stigma attached to THC studies. As a neuroscientist, I can tell you that it is VERY difficult to obtain funding for such studies in North America - which is why the majority of good THC research comes from Europe - some of which aren't published in English and therefore made widely inaccessible to the masses who google "marijuana".
Researchers become slaves to grant money, and of course you can't blame their human nature to want to take on multi-million dollar projects sponsored by drug-corporations - they need to eat and pay their mortgage too.
5) If the government wholly admits that marijuana is viable for medical use - every single drug company will go bust. Just like that. Analgesics, Sleep-aids, Appetite stimulants, Anti-depressants, Mood-enhancers, anti-cancer agents.... :-)
6) Additionally, industrial hemp will put an end to the petrochemical byproducts (plastics, synthetic fibres) monopoly.
Research on all these have been done, but suppressed. Sorry for the essay, but all I can say is fight on!
1) There is a definite need to distinguish between the methods of delivery for THC. Smoking ANYTHING is bad for you, because you're breathing in bits of carbon, burnt paper & plant material. You could smoke oregano joints and get lung cancer - this does not mean oregano causes cancer.
2) Pot bought off the 'street' frequently has additives, such as pesticides, fertilizer or other psychoactive substances to make it seem more potent. Smoking these probably will damage your liver and most other body parts.
3) The lack of adequate, thorough research is due to lack of funding and stigma attached to THC studies. As a neuroscientist, I can tell you that it is VERY difficult to obtain funding for such studies in North America - which is why the majority of good THC research comes from Europe - some of which aren't published in English and therefore made widely inaccessible to the masses who google "marijuana".
Researchers become slaves to grant money, and of course you can't blame their human nature to want to take on multi-million dollar projects sponsored by drug-corporations - they need to eat and pay their mortgage too.
5) If the government wholly admits that marijuana is viable for medical use - every single drug company will go bust. Just like that. Analgesics, Sleep-aids, Appetite stimulants, Anti-depressants, Mood-enhancers, anti-cancer agents.... :-)
6) Additionally, industrial hemp will put an end to the petrochemical byproducts (plastics, synthetic fibres) monopoly.
Research on all these have been done, but suppressed. Sorry for the essay, but all I can say is fight on!
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Hey, Chill peeps. The question was about it's affects on the liver. IE, (in England at least) 1 unit of alcohol is the amount the liver can process an hour. Way too much too often buggers this up. The qestion was does weed have a likewise affect on the liver?
I'd love to get to the bottom of this but it seems highly unlikely I'll find any sense on here, hell - you're reading what I'm saying an what do I know! lol, ah well. If anyone's at all interested my crack-pot theory is that it's rather like tobacco- lungs don't like it but there's no real liquid poison to process. So it's alright. Tobacco is such a strange drug. I smoke but I'm getting tired of fags. If smoking cigarettes harm your lungs like black coffee stains your teeth then weed is like drinking sugar-free orange squash (cordial or whatever if you're American). So joints with a little baccy in them are like drinking a standard cup of tea. But Life's for living! Do half an hours exercise a day, whilst generally being active, don't eat processed foods and don't worry. Abstinence may possibly help you live longer but it will DEFINITELY make it FEEL longer. Sweet lord. Peace out (especially you stoners, love you all)
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I'd love to get to the bottom of this but it seems highly unlikely I'll find any sense on here, hell - you're reading what I'm saying an what do I know! lol, ah well. If anyone's at all interested my crack-pot theory is that it's rather like tobacco- lungs don't like it but there's no real liquid poison to process. So it's alright. Tobacco is such a strange drug. I smoke but I'm getting tired of fags. If smoking cigarettes harm your lungs like black coffee stains your teeth then weed is like drinking sugar-free orange squash (cordial or whatever if you're American). So joints with a little baccy in them are like drinking a standard cup of tea. But Life's for living! Do half an hours exercise a day, whilst generally being active, don't eat processed foods and don't worry. Abstinence may possibly help you live longer but it will DEFINITELY make it FEEL longer. Sweet lord. Peace out (especially you stoners, love you all)
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First off, That was television and not an accurate portrayal of actual medical proceedure.
Don't believe anything the T.V. tells you. Why are you even hooked up to cable. If you need some non-hyperactive news for emergencies, hook a radio up to cbc and they'll interrupt it if things get real bad.
Smoking most anything is bad for your lungs and the rest of you bloodstream. Vaporizing, now that's a lot better. I wouldn't be surprised if it was good for you. Hemp is a miracle plant. It's got so many redemptive qualities, that's part of the reason it's made of pure evil.
It's a druuuuuuuuuuuuuUuuuuuuuuUuuuuug. Desoxyn, which is perscription methamphetamine, is merely a drug.
If you vaporize colloidial silver and use it properly, it WILL control conventional pathogens without hurting you.
just like extracting pentane crystals from gasoline and snorting half a metric cup of pentane rails WILL interfere with the normal function of your heart and any other organs you can name.
Smoking pot puts unnatural strain on your brain, that's why it's a psychoactive drug.
And yes, like fumes form most anything set alight, it does increase the occurrence of cancer with regular use.
Source : Independant media and logos, the Greek word for the force understood to be holding together a little something called reality.
Anyways, God bless,
PLEASE, somebody talk to me about what's wrong with me.
I'm pretty sure it's internal herrmorhoids.
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Thanks.
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Don't believe anything the T.V. tells you. Why are you even hooked up to cable. If you need some non-hyperactive news for emergencies, hook a radio up to cbc and they'll interrupt it if things get real bad.
Smoking most anything is bad for your lungs and the rest of you bloodstream. Vaporizing, now that's a lot better. I wouldn't be surprised if it was good for you. Hemp is a miracle plant. It's got so many redemptive qualities, that's part of the reason it's made of pure evil.
It's a druuuuuuuuuuuuuUuuuuuuuuUuuuuug. Desoxyn, which is perscription methamphetamine, is merely a drug.
If you vaporize colloidial silver and use it properly, it WILL control conventional pathogens without hurting you.
just like extracting pentane crystals from gasoline and snorting half a metric cup of pentane rails WILL interfere with the normal function of your heart and any other organs you can name.
Smoking pot puts unnatural strain on your brain, that's why it's a psychoactive drug.
And yes, like fumes form most anything set alight, it does increase the occurrence of cancer with regular use.
Source : Independant media and logos, the Greek word for the force understood to be holding together a little something called reality.
Anyways, God bless,
PLEASE, somebody talk to me about what's wrong with me.
I'm pretty sure it's internal herrmorhoids.
.
Thanks.
.
.
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Once the liver is damaged there is NOTHING that can repair those damaged cell. Granted the liver can support you health even if left with only %10 of cells left....
If you have Hep C or cirrhosis of liver--you should NOT ingest Marijuana, because it is metbolized thru liver.
However, i can not findout if by smoking it the liver is effected....
Does anyone have SCIENTIFIC info about this????
If you have Hep C or cirrhosis of liver--you should NOT ingest Marijuana, because it is metbolized thru liver.
However, i can not findout if by smoking it the liver is effected....
Does anyone have SCIENTIFIC info about this????
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