Though consumption (eating) the marijuana is the safest for the vocal cords, there are concerns about the awareness of the amount of marijuana eaten. The study showed significantly less toxic substance inhalation (with equal blood levels of THC) when the substance was vaporized. A study was done to evaluate the smoked (joint) versus vaporized forms of marijuana. It is important, however, to educate the singer about ways to minimize the risk to their voice and their health. It is equally unrealistic to instruct singers to not drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes or eat late at night, although all these things are known to cause vocal injury. There are culture and social issues that have to be factored in. It is not practical to insist that every singer should stop smoking marijuana. Patients who smoke marijuana show vocal cord pre-cancerous changes that recur while smoking is continued and halt when smoking is stopped.
The below videos and pictures are of a patient before and after a photo shoot where she inhaled smoke from a fog machine for only one hour.Įven if polyps don’t occur, other injuries (such as hemorrhage, nodules, and cysts) may occur when singing on swollen vocal cords.įinally, while it has not been definitively proven, there is a suggested link between smoking marijuana and cancer.
Inhaling any kind of smoke causes laryngitis. Years of frequent smoking will result in accumulated damage, and a singing voice that is no longer capable of producing musical range. The scarring is also progressive so that the mild rasp of the 20 year old becomes a significantly more dysfunctional voice in the 30 and 40 year old. However, the rasp is due to vocal cord scarring and that this is irreversible. While vocal cord damage does result in raspiness, this is often something singers desire.
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As a laryngologist (doctor of professional voice users), it is not uncommon for me to have a patient who admits to smoking marijuana. It is important as health care providers that we accept this increasing shift and realistically evaluate the potential risks of marijuana smoking. States such as Colorado are passing legalization laws and this simply reflects the growing acceptance of marijuana as a recreational drug. The music world is no exception and Justin Bieber was simply caught. However, though we might like to try to pretend otherwise, marijuana is ubiquitous. Singer Justin Bieber was recently caught with a joint in his hand. The press and his fan base made this front page news, with most expressing outrage and shock that someone who is in the public eye, with young fans, would set such an example.
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