Cannabis Smoke Versus Tobacco Smoke
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- Cannabinoids and cancer: causation, remediation, and palliation. Lancet Oncology. 2005
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- Nicotine exposure and bronchial epithelial cell nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the pathogenesis of lung cancer. Journal of Clinical Investigation. 2003
- Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic. Harm Reduction Journal. 2005
- National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. National Academy Press. 1999
- Tracheobronchial histopathology in habitual smokers of cocaine, marijuana and/or tobacco. Chest. 1997
- Histopathologic and molecular alterations in bronchial epithelium in habitual smokers of marijuana, cocaine and/or tobacco. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 1998
- Cannabis vaporizer combines efficient delivery of THC with effective suppression of pyrolytic compounds. Journal of Cannabis Therapeutics. 2004
- Hazekamp et al. 2006. Evaluation of a vaporizing device (Volcano) for pulmonary administration of tetrahydrocannabinol. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 95: 1308-1317
- Vaporization as a smokeless cannabis delivery system: a pilot study. Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics. 2007
Head, Neck and Lung Cancers
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- Marijuana use is not associated with head, neck or lung cancer in adults younger than 55 years: Results of a case cohort study. In: National Institute on Drug Abuse (Eds) Workshop on Clinical Consequences of Marijuana: Program Book. National Institutes of Health. 2001
- Marijuana use and risk of squamous cell carcinoma. Cancer Research. 2004
- An analysis of risk factors for oral cancer in young people: a case-control study. Oral Oncology. 2004
- Marijuana use and cancer incidence. Cancer, Causes & Controls. 1997
- Leslie Iversen. The Science of Marijuana. Oxford University Press. 2000
- Comparing cannabis with tobacco – again. British Medical Journal. 2003
- House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. Ninth Report. 1998
- National Academy of Sciences, Institute of Medicine. Marijuana and Medicine: Assessing the Science Base. National Academy Press. 1999
- Report of the Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs. Cannabis: Our Position for a Canadian Public Policy. 2002
- Epidemiologic review of marijuana use and cancer risk. Alcohol. 2005
- Cannabinoids and cancer: causation, remediation, and palliation. Lancet Oncology. 2005
- Ongoing case-control study of marijuana use and cancer. In: National Institute on Drug Abuse (Eds) Workshop on Clinical Consequences of Marijuana: Program Book. National Institutes of Health. 2001
- Marijuana Use and the Risk of Lung and Upper Aerodigestive Tract Cancers: Results of a Population-Based Case-Control Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2006
Childhood Cancers
- Maternal drug use and risk of childhood nonlymphoblastic leukemia among offspring. 1989. Cancer
- Parental marijuana use and risk of childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a report from the Children’s Cancer Group. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 2006
- Case-Control study of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma among women and heterosexual men in the San Francisco Bay area, California. American Journal of Epidemiology. 1999
- Alcohol, tobacco and recreational drug use and the risk of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. British Journal of Cancer. 1997
- Parents’ use of cocaine and marijuana and increased risk of rhabdomyosarcoma in their children. Cancer Causes and Control. 1993
- Gestational and familial risks factors for childhood astrocytoma: results of a case-control study. Cancer Research. 1990
Other Cancers
- Marijuana use and cancer incidence. Cancer, Causes & Controls. 1997
- Epidemiologic review of marijuana use and cancer risk. Alcohol. 2005
- The risk for malignant primary adult-onset glioma in a large, multiethnic, managed-care cohort: cigarette smoking and other lifestyle behaviors. Journal of Neurooncology. 2004
- Anti-tumor effects of cannabidiol, a non-psychotropic cannabinoid, on human glioma cell lines. Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. 2003
- Cannabinoids selectively inhibit proliferation and induce cell death of cultured human glioblastoma multiforme cells. Journal of Neurooncology. 2005
- Association between marijuana use and transitional cell carcinoma. Urology. 2006
- Transitional cell carcinoma associated with marijuana: case report and review of the literature. Urology. 2006