Is neem oil treated marijuana safe to smoke?

by Bob
(Three Rivers MI, USA)

As you may know, Michigan has a new medical marijuana law. I am trying to grow my own, and we've had problems with spider mites on other plants in the past. Are the Neem oil products safe to use on plants that are to be smoked? Thank you.

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Is neem oil treated marijuana safe to smoke?

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Smoking neem
by: Birgit

To start with, neem oil is not a toxic chemical. As a general rule, it's good for you. Traces sure don't hurt, or the EPA would not have exempted their typical requirement for maximum pesticide residues on agricultural products.

Neem safety, side effects and toxicity.

As for smoking it, how are we supposed to know that? Nobody has done studies (or would dream of funding studies) on smoking neem oil. Or on what kind of carcinogenic or otherwise harmful substances are created when it is burned.

Anything you burn will create substances that are harmful.

But even if traces of neem oil had a detrimental effect, it would be nowhere near as damaging to your lungs and overall health as smoking marijuana is in the first place. Even if lung cancer is not as much of an issue as it is with tobacco, smoking marijuana can still give you plenty of other respiratory and other health problems.

Adding traces of neem oil will not kill you any faster.

Neem + Marijuana
by: Anonymous

I would like to point out that A; Marijuana is not less likely then tobacco to give you lung cancer. It simply won't and may in fact lower your chances for contracting lung cancer(source: "http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html"). And B; Recent marijuana research is continually finding that cannabinoids (the active ingredients in marijuana/cannabis)can stunt and/or fight many cancers. If you would like to do your own research instead of falling into prohibitionist propaganda, I suggest you start with NORML ( http://norml.org/index.cfm ). It has proven to be a great provider of legitimate information.

I apologize if this is off topic for this board but as I was interested in the neem plant after watching the movie (How High) I felt it necessary to point out the prejudice in the above answer to this question.

As for how, neem may affect marijuana when smoked. I have no idea, but if it is not something practiced by the people of India who have been around and understand this very versatile and useful plant then I would not bother with trying it myself as they probably know what they are doing.

Growing myths
by: Mythbuster

Those posts have to be some of the most ridiculous statements I have ever read.

Yes, smoking Neem is probably bad for you. Whether or not the other stuff in marijuana is bad for you also is irrelevant.

Yes, smoking enough of anything will probably give you cancer. Especially marijuana grown in Mexico or by someone who is trying to make money from doing it like medical marijuana growers.

Do yourself a favor. Grow you own and learn good cultivation techniques in order avoid pests in the first place. Then you won't need to use Neem.

If you do have to use it. NEVER use it during the flowering cycle and trim all the fan leaves away after harvest.

Vape it; don't smoke it!
by: Anonymous

Instead of smoking it, people should consider vaping it. I myself am curious about whether neem can be vaped and have decided to ask the mod.

Neem oil
by: Anonymous

Vaporizing bud with neem oil in it is fucking sickly gross.

Neem
by: Anonymous

I've been growing marijuana for over 40 years now and use neem oil all the time, even on BUDDING PLANTS. No, it wont hurt you if its on the buds.

If you're growing outdoor ad you're REALLY worried about it, remember that if you apply it properly it is water soluble. Rinse your plants a couple of days before harvest and you wont even know it ever HAD neem on it.

Derrrrr.....
by: Anonymous

Why the hell would you have neem oil on your buds? If you can't control mites and powder mold before you flower your plant quit growing weed armature!!!

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