More Bad Health News About Pot and Alcohol

Geezer is reeling from the one-two punch reports from researchers studying the consequences of smoking pot and drinking alcohol. Yikes! At this point, shouldn’t the referee stop the fight? Discouraging Report Number One comes from scientists at something called the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand, where a  study suggests that a single marijuana joint can cause more lung damage than 2.5 to five cigarettes. Read more about that in Medpage Today.
Next up: Your Bowels or Your Booze.The Melbourne Herald Sun, whatever that is, reports that a six-year study of 478,000 people suggests that drinking two large glasses of wine or two pints of beer a day increases the
risk of bowel cancer by 25 percent. Read more about that in the Melbourne Herald Sun.