# So Much for Pot NOT Causing Cancer! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753 "2009-02-13T22:08:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/1 "2009-02-13T22:08:57Z")
[Looks like it raises your risk of testicular cancer.](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209075631.htm) > [@](#): > > Frequent and/or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man’s risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The study results were published online Feb. 9 in the journal Cancer. _Ouch!_ :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2009, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/2 "2009-02-13T22:40:18Z")
So it’s still safe for women, right? ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/3 "2009-02-14T01:01:06Z")
I don’t think you read far enough, **Tucker**. > [@](#): > > The researchers emphasize that their results are not definitive, but rather open a door to more research questions. They said that frequent marijuana use _may_ lead to more incidents of testicular cancer. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/4 "2009-02-14T01:05:54Z")
I think I might know some people they could pay to smoke pot and submit to cancer screening. If they were doing more research and all. ---
**Author:** ![ivan\_astikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@ivan\_astikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivan_astikov)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/5 "2009-02-14T01:20:53Z")
I’ve partook that much pot, you could probably smoke my testicles!\* - When I’ve finished with 'em. I live in hope! ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/6 "2009-02-14T01:43:48Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > I don’t think you read far enough, **Tucker**. > > They said that frequent marijuana use _may_ lead to more incidents of testicular cancer. Come on, **Zoe** , we’re talking about scientists _and_ cancer! You know how it works, six months from now a study will come out contradicting this study, and then six months after that, _another_ study will come out which conclusively proves that smoking even _one_ joint will cause your penis to fall off! :eek: 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/7 "2009-02-14T01:44:46Z")
> [@Tuckerfan](#): > > [Looks like it raises your risk of testicular cancer.](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090209075631.htm)_Ouch!_ :eek: Oh, balls!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/8 "2009-02-14T04:10:20Z")
Does anything _not_ cause cancer anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/9 "2009-02-14T04:16:44Z")
I was taught in school 20 years ago that marijuana has 10 times as many carcinogens as tobacco, and I think it’s pretty common knowledge that it has a lot more tar. Pot being “safe” is a stoner myth. ---
**Author:** ![crypto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@crypto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crypto)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/10 "2009-02-14T04:30:50Z")
> [@Rigamarole](#): > > Does anything _not_ cause cancer anymore? George Carlin once said that “Doctors announced that saliva causes stomach cancer… however only when swallowed in small amounts over a long period of time” ---
**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecc23a/32.png) [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolas_Bourbaki)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/11 "2009-02-14T04:32:18Z")
Well, leaving aside the fact that casual tobacco smokers rarely stay ‘casual’, there’s also the fact that THC is a fairly effective expectorant. Not all of that tar stays in your lungs very long before it gets coughed out; nicotine has no such helpful properties. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/12 "2009-02-14T04:47:45Z")
> [@Nicolas\_Bourbaki](#): > > Well, leaving aside the fact that casual tobacco smokers rarely stay ‘casual’, there’s also the fact that THC is a fairly effective expectorant. Not all of that tar stays in your lungs very long before it gets coughed out; nicotine has no such helpful properties. It’s weird, voodoo logic like this that makes the legalize it movement such a joke. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2009, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-much-for-pot-not-causing-cancer/485753/13 "2009-02-14T06:11:37Z")
> [@Cisco](#): > > It’s weird, voodoo logic like this that makes the legalize it movement such a joke. It’s weird, I was thinking that citing your school experience 20 years ago makes the prohibition movement such a joke.