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Does marijuana smoking have any major side-affects later on?


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Smoking ANYTHING is really bad for your lungs. As for side effects specific to marijuana smoking, uhh.. like, man, uhh.., I forgot. Seriously (and this is a very serious topic), THC has been proven to be extremely addictive psychologically and leads to severe amotivational syndrome.

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