Wiktionary (0.00 / 0 votes) Rate this definition: degenerate (Noun). One is degenerate, who has fallen from previous stature. You are a degenerate, boy. You're a disgrace to your ancestors.
Casual Marijuana Smoking Not Harmful to Lungs. Before you start lighting up, do remember you have other body parts. It wouldn't have mattered if Bill Clinton inhaled, as far as his lungs are concerned.
Like tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke contains cancer-causing chemicals. There are 33 cancer-causing chemicals contained in marijuana. Marijuana smoke also deposits tar into the lungs. In fact, when equal amounts of marijuana and tobacco are smoked, marijuana deposits four times as much tar into the lungs. This is because marijuana joints are un-filtered and often more deeply inhaled than cigarettes.