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Donald P. Tashkin is an American pulmonologist who has studied the effects of [[cannabis]].


== Career ==

Tashkin has spent 30 years studying [[cannabis]]. In 2006, he was in charge of a large case-control study on[[ marijuana]] and the risk of cancer. Contrary to his group's expectations, the study found no increase in lung cancer risk even among heavy users of [[marijuana]].