Are you smoking moldy bud?

What’s that you say? You didn’t know that there could be mold in the pot you’re smoking in trace amounts? Or that some specific types of mold are really toxic and particularly dangerous for medical marijuana patients seeking to use cannabis to relieve their pain and suffering? Yes, that’s right, the mold Aspergillus could be present and could be doing exactly the opposite of what people are hoping for. From a fascinating article on a lab in Oakland that tests pot comes this information and more:

A 2008 guidebook, “The Marijuana Medical Handbook,” warns of Aspergillus, a mold that can appear in marijuana and numerous other agricultural products. It can be dangerous for seriously ill people, such as AIDS and cancer patients using pot to treat nausea or other side effects.

“There have been reports of aspergillosis, a lung infection caused by inhalation of spores from the Aspergillus fungus,” wrote California marijuana researchers Dale Gieringer and Ed Rosenthal and Washington physician Gregory Carter.

Something to be aware of folks! Be safe out there.

Here at Stonyview, we believe in the power of science

Science and research is proving every day that medical marijuana is an important and positive treatment for a number of ailments. It’s also proving on a regular basis that many of the beliefs about marijuana’s negative effects are totally false. With science, we, as advocates for the legalization of cannabis, can prove that alcohol, tobacco and other legal substance (prescribed or otherwise) that current legislative policy is sorely lacking in facts.

But we’re not just serious folks, we like some entertainment with our science, which is why this video was SO perfect..

From the Inquisitur comes this amazing video of the best slip and slide ever. Watch it once. Watch it again. Then tell all your friends about it.