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i smoke carts literally all day everyday (i buy bulk disty and fill myself) and aside from psychological addiction theres no actual physical harm. marijuana is effectively harmless especially if used as you describe. feel free to read soem studies but marijuana has at worst caused respiratory issues at doses like 100000mg that lasted a few hours then theyre fine with no damage.
decade long daily users stop for a month and lung health stays/goes back to baseline.
dont let the propaganda scare you but also dont let your impulses control you theres good and bad parts to everything you have to figure it out tho.
before anyone says dont smoke everyday its bad. i know more about my body than you people ever will. and i know its bad but im not in a good place. judge my circumstance not my actions im working on it.
Its not so much the "drug" or THC/cannabinoids that concern me so much, its the issue of ingesting it through the modality of a (heated) oil to the delicate lungs that slightly gives me pause. And the long-term potentially compounding nature of that. Also have mild mild mild asthma so I have to be a bit more responsible about it cuz I hate breathing issues.
your body is super able to heal itself (except ur heart read below 1) idk much about asthma but marijauana used to be used as an asthma treatment wayy long ago because it's a natural bronchodilator.
you first should figure out what damages your lungs about it. distillate sublimates at a low temp (more below too if you care 2) so you shouldn't worry too much about heat. next is acetates. if you heat an acetate from a street cart you could inhale ketene gas which is toxic but thats been hardly proven outside of extreme high temps with thcO.
you will not have long term issues though and if you don't use everyday ur already better than a lot of folks.
1 the heart does not heal naturally and i mention this coz some drugs (not pot) are super cardiotoxic (its cocaine) and prolonged use will cause an early heart attack. and thats where actors and comedians go.
2 distillate vapes lower temp because its decarbed unlike wax that needs a higher temp. simply put marijuana isnt active normally and needs some kine of chemical change such as combustion (smoking) to make it active. or decarboxylation (flower in the oven) and thats how folks make edibles.
im a big anxious stoner but im also generally interested in toxicology though im probably not much older than you.
TLDR dont be too scared but once you try it don't be too careless lol both ways are bad (except being careful is much less damaging than careless)