2 thoughts on “Burning Incense Is Psychoactive”

1. I would also call your attention to the following, whilst reminding you that researchers have to find something to study and publish. Publish or perish, y’know.

   “It’s a population-based study, which means that you can make an association but not necessarily a conclusion,” said Dr. Erin Fleener, a clinical assistant professor in internal medicine at the Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine and an oncologist at the Bryan-College Station Cancer Clinic. “It probably promotes more work in the area of routine household items and things we need to be looking at more prospectively to make a clear cause-and-effect relationship.”

2. It’s a drag that a recent study says that incense may be physically harmful:

   http://living.health.com/2008/08/25/long-term-exposure-to-incense-raises-cancer-risk/

   Could be. I couldn’t find the statistics for squamous cell upper respiratory tract carcinoma. However, the incidence of lung cancer per 100,000 in Florida, where I live, is about 72, which works out to about a .072% risk (about 3/4 of 1%). Since, according to the article, squamous cell upper respiratory tract carcinoma is much less common, I don’t expect to change my use of incense.