Heavy cannabis use 'damages gums'

[ursi]

Heavy cannabis smoking is a major cause of gum disease, research suggests.

An international team tracked the dental health of 1,000 people born in Dunedin, New Zealand, in 1972 and 1973.

They found heavy cannabis smoking was responsible for more than one-third of the new cases of gum disease among the group by the age of 32.

The Journal of the American Medical Association study follows work linking cannabis use to mental health problems, and lung disease.

Gum disease, one of the most common diseases of adulthood, is the second most common cause of tooth loss, after tooth decay.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7226969.stm

[DCKit]

1. In a population extracted (mostly) from the British Isles?

How could they tell? What was their control group? Were they chewing it or smoking it?

Another marijuana study with stats that could undoubtedly be twisted twenty ways from Sunday.

[Warpy]

2. Exactly, although I've known few heavy, heavy stoners

who paid enough attention to personal hygiene to floss after every meal. They might have been high functioning in their jobs, but other parts of their lives did tend to slide a bit.

[semillama]

4. I want to know if they tracked their munchies as well

Stoners aren't know to make the best dietary choices, if I recall my senior year in college.


Which, for some reason, I don't...

[eppur_se_muova]

3. "Do the teeth cause the accent, or ..."

Teeth

English Teeth, English Teeth!
Shining in the sun
A part of British heritage
Aye, each and every one.
English Teeth, Happy Teeth!
Always having fun
Clamping down on bits of fish
And sausages half done.
English Teeth! HEROES' Teeth!
Hear them click! and clack!
Let's sing a song of praise to them -
Three Cheers for the Brown Grey and Black.

Spike Milligan