Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Smoking Is Not The Best Way To Consume Marijuana

Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Smoking Is Not The Best Way To Consume Marijuana

Smoking a joint seems to be the most popular way of using marijuana.

Weed-infused cookies, brownies, and candies — called edibles — have also gained some popularity among recreational users. There’s even a prescription medication that contains THC, called dronabinol, and is sold as Marinol in the U.S.

But Dr. Sanjay Gupta, a leading neurosurgeon and chief medical correspondent for CNN, says that, medically speaking, these are not the optimal ways to consume cannabis.

Dr. Gupta recently released a documentary, “WEED,” exploring the benefits of medical marijuana and its general effects on our brains and bodies.

Learn about the advantages and disadvantages of the different ways of consuming marijuana.

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50 Comments

  1. Vishal Raj on August 31, 2023 at 9:07 pm

    I Feel Proud When I See Indian



  2. amelia graham on August 31, 2023 at 9:09 pm

    I just want to be able to not have extreme fatigue, nausea, migraines, anxiety, and be in severe chronic pain almost every day, but the federal job is a blockage to natural health relief. Watching videos to learn, and see others are freely able to get the care they need in the way they would prefer for religion, and spiritual purposes, etc., is amazing.



  3. ChrisDuhMexiRican on August 31, 2023 at 9:11 pm

    dude who tf thinks about dosing when smoking weed.



  4. david Frazier on August 31, 2023 at 9:12 pm

    Vaporizing 😭😭😭 I bet this dude got kids who 15 coming to his office talking about you said it’s better than smoking



  5. SuperMiracle12345 on August 31, 2023 at 9:13 pm

    i just want to ask, is it make you feel adicted? or it depens on the person?



  6. sweat soul on August 31, 2023 at 9:14 pm

    Indian cacha



  7. Todd P. on August 31, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Marijuana was meant to be consumed like a smoothie PERIOD!



  8. I Thought It Was Funny on August 31, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Now days the have the dosage measured out in edibles so you know how much you’re getting.



  9. Rudra Roy on August 31, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    Bhai thandai pelo bhaang wali sabse badiya



  10. Red Pill Pat on August 31, 2023 at 9:18 pm

    And so they went after vaping….



  11. Asish Senapati on August 31, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    So… Smoke bong then!



  12. The Keto Chief on August 31, 2023 at 9:22 pm

    did he not say he was a dr what is he a dr of stupidity . any dr knows that almost all medication is arrived of some fore of plant or animal or other product taking the counponds out that help as medication then making a pill out of them sometimes ofev making a synthetic form of the compound. this is how medacadions are made. the fact is that doing this is also whats couses side affects in medacations since they do not have the other compounds needed to prevent the harsh side affects. its the same way with weed if you ever smoked up a bunch of thc and found your self with a headach or sick its do to the fact their was not enough cbd in it. we need to rethink all drungs and makes them with full benafits of the plants except for the few drugs that are only come compounds can be used since others would kill. the best way to safly take weed is consumption the secand is vape the trd is smoke the forth is extract the compounds and make a pill but for the most benafits smoking with a heading elament like vap but threw a water filter like a bong.



  13. Keith Bulalin on August 31, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Eating weed withouth cooking will send you flying



  14. Tom Verhalen on August 31, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    he knows nothing



  15. Jeremiah Johnston on August 31, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    Smoking is the coolest way tho



  16. Legalize Weed on August 31, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    I know how to count!



  17. Big Z on August 31, 2023 at 9:26 pm

    Maybe if we had good size supplement edibles I would stop, 100 mg a packet ain’t gonna last a couple days



  18. CZR on August 31, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    I can’t afford a vaporizer so I just gotta stick to papers pipes for now



  19. ZedLed420 on August 31, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    It’s very effective but not the healthiest.



  20. ComradeBacon on August 31, 2023 at 9:29 pm

    Let’s just say we know, we just don’t care



  21. Chase Winters on August 31, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    Ivermectin!



  22. Bjorn Cedergreen on August 31, 2023 at 9:30 pm

    Edit: I’ll have to admit tho, edibles are by far the most efficient way of consuming cannabis. But smoking it out of a bong is definitely more magical.



  23. Friskey Pisshead on August 31, 2023 at 9:32 pm

    Weed safely 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂



  24. Giolegion on August 31, 2023 at 9:33 pm

    Weed give you cancer if you smoke just as cigarette



  25. VPNWORK on August 31, 2023 at 9:35 pm

    How to apply canna medical weed smoking job



  26. Shivam Khantwal on August 31, 2023 at 9:38 pm

    8448355412 for beat hybrid stuff



  27. Muhammad Essa on August 31, 2023 at 9:40 pm

    Vaping is the worst option



  28. thefresh prince on August 31, 2023 at 9:42 pm

    This man dictates the future



  29. xFireFoxxy on August 31, 2023 at 9:43 pm

    This didn’t age well for vaping 😅



  30. Bjorn Cedergreen on August 31, 2023 at 9:49 pm

    I mean people have died from vaping so dab pens is a good alternative. But has smoking it ever really caused any negative side affects? It’s all about how you smoke it I think. For instance your not supposed to smoke 24/7 everyday. It’s harmless to smoke it once a day as long as you clean the bong. Hair, dirt, lint, bacteria, germs and all sorts of nasty shit sticks to the resin and that is what’s harmful. You have to clean your bong every time if you wanna stay healthy just like your teeth. Same goes with pipes and dab pens. The dab pens get nasty shit in them too. If you don’t keep it in a container then you have to finish it in one day or it’s gonna get nasty shit in it that can give you bronchitis. Bongs are actually the healthiest because it has to filter through the water. That’s why they call it a filter. For example tap water has fluoride while filtered water is 100% clean. Smoke a resiny black bong and I guarantee that’s what your lungs are gonna look like. A lot of it is common sense. There are so many lies and myths about weed that they actually make it seem like it’s a bad thing and that you should be guilty if you smoke it. That makes you paranoid and too much paranoia causes trauma in the brain. So if your getting paranoid every time you smoke it’s gonna have some negative effects on the brain. The paranoia is one of the main reasons people get anxiety and depression from it and that can cause even worse brain trauma. So your not getting paranoid from the plant itself, your getting paranoid of what people would think of you if you smoked it. Plus if you don’t use hemp wick or hemp matches for smoking weed and just use a lighter or even worse a torch, then you’ll get too much butane soaked in your bowl. Hemp wick is 100% anti microbial. So theres rules to this shit, if you do it the right way it can be harmless.



  31. Max Eisenhardt on August 31, 2023 at 9:49 pm

    What idiot listens to Sanjay Gupta? This is the same hack that defends the current health care system….GTFOOH!



  32. Rajesh Kalai on August 31, 2023 at 9:49 pm

    It’s Is A Medicine



  33. kam2057 on August 31, 2023 at 9:49 pm

    Yeah yeah he can give us his opinion but he don’t know. Wasn’t the first form that came out for MS patient’s a green pill?



  34. Gamble on August 31, 2023 at 9:52 pm

    I love both vaping and edibles. The thing with edibles is that you need to figure out the best schedule for your condition. If you do, it is the most efficient and consistent way to do it- if you use it for pain or other conditions that require maintenance you will probably want to take small doses regularly and let it build up in your system slowly- you can use a vaporizer to supplement and treat breakthroughs. For sleep disturbances, you will just build to the appropriate dose that gets you to sleep by a desirable time without a hangover.
    Oral will always be the most efficient way of administering cannabis due to the conversion of THC and it’s analogues into more active hydroxide forms and near complete absorption when mixed with fats, oils and alcohol- if you wanted to maximize the time you were stoned, making up a batch of edibles and just topping up constantly would give you the most bang for your buck- smoking appears to be efficient- you can have many more short highs due to the lower threshold dose smoking or vaping, but maintaining an oral high over a long period if you are the wake ‘n’ bake time is cheaper, especially since you’ll be snacking anyways.



  35. Demonoid S on August 31, 2023 at 9:53 pm

    Woah?!??! I’ve been junkin it up this whole time. 🤦‍♂️😂😂😂



  36. Trent Accid on August 31, 2023 at 9:53 pm

    Did not tell me shit in this interview



  37. jeffrey luciana on August 31, 2023 at 9:53 pm


  38. Suraj Rathore on August 31, 2023 at 9:54 pm

    Fun fact he is also stoned



  39. True Anonymous on August 31, 2023 at 9:55 pm

    Vaping isn’t good for you anyways and I’m sorry but I don’t listen to doctors and you’re opinion doesn’t mean anything to me homie.



  40. Adonis Perez Abreu on August 31, 2023 at 9:56 pm

    Smoking is cool tho



  41. Snehal Krishnan on August 31, 2023 at 9:57 pm

    I do love vaping cannabis but it does tend to make the roof of my mouth itch and I end up sneezing a lot after vaping. This doesn’t happen when I smoke cannabis.



  42. Randal Bystry on August 31, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    They always say using cannabis has never killed anyone but it’s not true. Look up cannabis and CHS.



  43. Bryan Lee on August 31, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    Sublingual?



  44. Brandon Williams on August 31, 2023 at 10:02 pm

    Have you tried budd-hub.com ? Dude it was so easy! I got my order in 20 minutes and they had a ton of products to choose from. Literally the hub of bud. Haha



  45. Joel Jose on August 31, 2023 at 10:02 pm

    Just for depression



  46. Robert Ronning on August 31, 2023 at 10:03 pm

    Have you ever seen politicians drinking alcohol while trying to determine how inappropriate other drugs are especially tobacco.



  47. Wakish on August 31, 2023 at 10:05 pm

    The way this dude pronounces ‘compound’ is weird



  48. Shantelle Adeline on August 31, 2023 at 10:05 pm

    It’s good to see Weedborn have new CBD products that will save me money and energy to heal myself.



  49. Ixac XanaX on August 31, 2023 at 10:06 pm

    Nothing harder than quit smoking weed,I feel depressed when I don’t smoke but inside I wanna quit but I can’t,help me on comment how to quit thank you my brotha



  50. luke lombard on August 31, 2023 at 10:06 pm

    If your a person say so what i want is  marijuana to smoke so what , so your telling me this you dont care about the healyh threat on other people  and children  and there parents ? How it feels if we say this , if you dont care about it , how about sending you to jail for assault and slandering us and other people and children around here or near by the area like a 2nd hand smoke in public  places .. dont care if you are on break or not . Marijuana  and cannabis is a real health threat conserding a real threat to a public place . Worse then smomeing a cigarette..and how about allergies and allergic..? Your still doing the health threat , assault, and giveing us a threat of endangerment.