Smoking pot makes you age faster and leads to birth defects in your future kids, study suggests

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Smoking pot makes you age faster and leads to birth defects in your future kids, study suggests (www.dailymail.co.uk)

My question is if this is specifically because of smoking it or if it is ingesting it (thc/cbd) at all. Smoking (anything) seems to clearly age you so why would pot be any different?

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>Smoking marijuana can alter a person's DNA, accelerating aging and leading to birth defects in their future children. The drug has boomed in popularity over the last decade. It is now recreationally legal in 24 US states and daily use of weed has surpassed that of alcohol. But new findings have warned of the dangerous health implications, including faster aging, increased cancer risk and fertility problems. Researchers from The University of Western Australia looked at more than 50 global studies investigating the effects of cannabis use on the body and said the startling statistics should 'reframe the discussion of cannabis legalization.'

My question is if this is specifically because of smoking it or if it is ingesting it (thc/cbd) at all. Smoking (anything) seems to clearly age you so why would pot be any different? Archive: https://archive.today/KPgb3 From the post: >>Smoking marijuana can alter a person's DNA, accelerating aging and leading to birth defects in their future children. The drug has boomed in popularity over the last decade. It is now recreationally legal in 24 US states and daily use of weed has surpassed that of alcohol. But new findings have warned of the dangerous health implications, including faster aging, increased cancer risk and fertility problems. Researchers from The University of Western Australia looked at more than 50 global studies investigating the effects of cannabis use on the body and said the startling statistics should 'reframe the discussion of cannabis legalization.'