Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease

Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by djbusby on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:54PM (#39558037)

One thing that's nice about the changes in perception and tolerance of cannabis use is that now we can actually get some real studies on the thing. It was in the dark for so long there isn't really a lot of science about effectiveness for ThingA or ThingB and/or what the sode-effects are (eg: hyperemesis, etc)

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by bluGill on Thursday February 29, 2024 @09:59PM (#39558053)

Though in this case I wouldn't expect to need a study to guess a link exists. But only now can we even hint at what should be obvious.

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by friend_and_foe on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:10PM (#39558139)

Smoking weed increases your risk of heart attack and stroke. That was obvious this whole time?

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by eyegor on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:26PM (#39558221)

Correlation != causation. Especially when the study doesn't show a simple correlation like that either. At least not for heart attacks.

> The multivariate survey‐adjusted logistic regression analysis of the entire sample did not reach a significant association between daily cannabis use and CHD (adjusted odds ratio [aOR], 1.16 [95% CI, 0.98–1.38]; P=0.09)

But there does seem to be one for strokes

> Among those who had never used tobacco cigarettes and had never used e‐cigarettes, cannabis use was not associated with CHD or MI but was associated with stroke (aOR, 2.24 [95% CI, 1.31–3.83]) versus tobacco‐adjusted odds in the whole sample (aOR, 1.42 [95% CI, 1.20–1.68])

Study https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.123.030178

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by holyhelldang on Thursday February 29, 2024 @10:12PM (#39558152)

Smoking anything increases your risk.

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by dsq on Friday March 01, 2024 @03:46AM (#39559906)

It seems reasonable that deep inhalation of any burnt substance should increase risk. The burnig of fields in South Asia, for example:

"Air pollution and cardiovascular health in South Asia: A comprehensive review"

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2023.102199

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by dubeye on Friday March 01, 2024 @04:05AM (#39560017)

I think studies show the effect with cake and edibles too

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Re:Study finds link between marijuana use and cardiovascular... by bluGill on Friday March 01, 2024 @08:23AM (#39561511)

That is something that while not surprising at least should need some study before you state it as a fact.

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