Whether smoked, eaten or vaporized, cannabis use is associated with increased risk of heart disease, heart attack and stroke, according to new research published in the American Heart Association's peer-reviewed journal.
Cannabis use — whether smoked, eaten or vaporized — is associated with a higher number of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, according to a new study.Published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Heart Association, researchers found that risk of coronary heart disease, heart attack and stroke increased with any kind of cannabis use, with heavier use associated with higher odds of negative outcomes.
The data also allowed them to control for other cardiovascular risk factors and tobacco use, showing a similar association was true even among never‐tobacco smokers.'Our sample was large enough that we could investigate the association of cannabis use with cardiovascular outcomes among adults who had never used tobacco cigarettes or e-cigarettes,' Jeffers said. 'Cannabis smoke is not all that different from tobacco smoke, except for the psychoactive drug: THC vs. nicotine.
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