From:	Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:	Re: Family matters
Date:	Wed, 5 Aug 1998 12:48:35 +1200

>People smoke buds straight up through bongs, pipes, blunts, or heated
>knifes. I don't know if you've ever smoked a joint made out of straight,
>fresh bud...but it's pretty harsh and hard on the throat. That's why most
>people who smoke bud marijuana in joints will cut it with tobacco.

And that makes it less harsh?

On another note, that's possibly the worst thing one can do... any form of
smoke causes an inflammatory reaction that can damage your lungs in the
presence of nicotine (nicotine inhibits the action of a protective protein
called alpha-one-antitrypsin, this protein prevents the inflammatory
reaction damaging the lungs, so nicotine -> no protection -> lung damage).
Cigarettes alone are bad enough, the additional irritation caused by the
harsher pot smoke will make things worse, as will the fact that the pot
smoke (and the nicotine bearing smoke) is held in longer.

>Mind you, this is just what I heard. :)

Yeah, me too ;)

PLAYTHING OF A CRUEL GOD
JAIMIE NICHOLSON