Word: kagan
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...Steven L. Kagan said that in recent tests he had found Aspergillus fumigatus in 11 out of 12 marijuana cigarettes and evidence of the fungus in the blood of 11 out of 21 marijuana smokers...
...assume that all street marijuana is contaminated with a number of fungi and molds that can be inhaled by the user," Kagan said in Milwaukee last week, adding that illegal marijuana is "a significant health hazard...
Cancer patients can legally obtain purified marijuana to lessen the nausea and vomiting often caused by chemotherapy and avoid the dangers Kagan described. But patients in pain often seek the drug elsewhere and "must assume special risks" because their immune system has been weakened by other drugs, Kagan said...
...Kagan, who announced his findings in a letter to the editor published in last week's New England Journal of Medicine, used a machine adapted to "smoke" a lit marijuana cigarette to test the fungus content in various marijuana samples...
Many of Poole's friends agreed with Kagan that, "She made my freshman year enjoyable and bearable--she enjoyed life to its fullest...