Should you smoke weed amid coronavirus crisis? Here’s what a leading cannabis doctor has to say.
Zaremba: Given the respiratory impact of COVID-19, what concerns do you have with respect to patients’ consumption?
Nathan: If we’re only going by evidence in the scientific literature, we have very little to go on in terms of what we would expect about the effect of smoking or vaping on either acquiring or getting worse from a COVID infection. That said, I think that the same principles that apply to cannabis consumption generally will also apply here — that vaping is in general a safer means of consumption than smoking because it’s less caustic on the throat and lungs.