An increasing number of studies are showing that marijuana may not be so harmless after all.
In two new studies, to be presented later this month at the American Heart Association (AHA) Scientific Sessions 2023, researchers found that regular marijuana use increased the risk of heart attack, stroke or heart failure — even after factors like type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity were taken into account.
“Prior research shows links between marijuana use and cardiovascular disease like coronary artery disease, heart failure and atrial fibrillation, which is known to cause heart failure,” lead study author Yakubu Bene-Alhasan, M.D., MPH, a resident physician at Medstar Health in Baltimore, said in a statement. “Marijuana use isn’t without its health concerns, and our study provides more data linking its use to cardiovascular conditions.”
Given all of the things we as humans consume that are known to be bad for us, (here’s looking at you processed sugar) I’m in the who fucking cares camp. Let me burn a doobie and be mellow. I am definitely not trying to live forever.
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Well my dad is pushing 80 and has been smoking weed since the 60s. I’m not super concerned.
Also “I don’t want to live forever” is a flawed argument for anything health related. People tend to imagine losing years from the end of their life when they’re already old and likely to be in poor health, but what happens more often in practice is that people lose years of being healthy.
yeah pot might be a bit bad but its probably as bad as sugar and caffeine tbh
shit keeps getting studies and it keeps being harmless
sugar is literally legal cocaine its made the same way and produces the same effects and even looks the same, yet it tastes good so we cant regulate it.(or even honestly say how much is in our products in the US, EU nutrition facts r nice)