DRUG BUSTS

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POT INCREASES CHANCES OF GUM DISEASE

NEW SCIENTIST - Smoking cannabis regularly can lead to gum disease in
people in their early thirties – much younger than generally expected,
according to a new study. Lifestyle factors associated with the
condition are also linked to chronic diseases later in life, and some
argue that gum disease itself may contribute to cardiovascular disease
directly. A quarter of people who had smoked cannabis regularly from 18
to 32 years old had established gum disease, found the study led by
Murray Thomson at the Dunedin School of Dentistry in New Zealand. In
2007, the same team showed that smoking tobacco also significantly
raises the risk of gum disease in young people.

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13278-smoking-pot-rots-your-gums.html


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