Years ago, I interviewed Dr. Donald Tashkin, a pulmonary expert at UCLA, after seeing a Prop 65 warning sign on the door of a dispensary here in Los Angeles.
In California, chemicals that are known to cause cancer must come with a Prop 65 label / warning. Examples include the chemicals in the fabric / materials of sleeping bags and tents.
The Prop 65 chemical list is managed by OEHHA. The purpose is to inform California residents about potential exposure to chemicals that may cause cancer, birth defects, or other reproductive harm. This law requires businesses to provide clear and reasonable warnings before knowingly exposing individuals to listed chemicals above a specified level. At the dispensary, the warning was on the entry door.
I was surprised to see cannabis on this list. When I dug into it, I saw that OEHHA cited research from Dr. Donald Tashkin as the supporting documentation for OEHHA to recommend adding cannabis to the Prop 65 list of known carcinogens.
To ruin the end of the movie, I called Dr. Donald Tashkin who had no idea what OEHHA was, was never contacted by them, didn't know that his research was the foundation for recommending cannabis as cancer causing AND came to the OPPOSITE conclusion vis-a-vis cannabis and lung cancer after 40 years of NIDA (National Institute on Drug Abuse) funded cannabis research conducted by him and his team at UCLA.
Not only does smoking cannabis NOT contribute to lung cancer, it actually might protect us against lung cancer. While smoking anything can create carcinogens that enter your lungs, it seems like with cannabis, the healthy things entering the lungs outweigh the carcinogens. The net effect is.....positive. Not negative.
~ Peter
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