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Does marijuania effect barretts esophagus?

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Are you dumb? (thats the real question)
Are you dumb? (thats the real question)
Sorry, there are no dumb questions. The answer is non-specific to marijuana. The correct response is that smoking of any kind is detrimental to barrett's esophagus. The acids in your stomach or caustic or rather, an irritant to the cells in the esophageal lining. Exposure to smoke is just as severe an irritant to those cells, not to mention the introduction of nicotine-like tars that come from smoking marijuana. So Yes, smoking marijuana does effect Barrett's Esophagus in a very negative way.

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