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Weed Smokers Under Age 50 Are Six Times as Likely to Have a Heart Attack: Study

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. . .Two major studies suggest that active cannabis users face a staggering six times higher risk of heart attack compared to those who stay away from the drug, even among young and otherwise healthy adults.

“Asking about cannabis use should be part of clinicians’ workup to understand patients’ overall cardiovascular risk, similar to asking about smoking cigarettes,” said Dr. Ibrahim Kamel, the study’s lead author and clinical instructor at the Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine.

Kamel and his team utilized data from TriNetX, a global health research network, to conduct the retrospective study.

The participants, all aged 50 and under, had no major heart issues at the outset, with healthy blood pressure, cholesterol levels and no history of diabetes, tobacco use or coronary artery disease.

After an average follow-up of more than three years, they found that cannabis users had more than a sixfold increase in heart attack risk and double the chance of heart failure. (Read more from “Weed Smokers Under Age 50 Are Six Times as Likely to Have a Heart Attack: Study” HERE)

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Regular Cannabis Use Harmful Regardless of Age Person Starts Using, Long-Term Study Suggests

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New research led by the University of Queensland has found that regular cannabis use may have harmful effects later in life, irrespective of the age the person first started using it. The findings showed that life outcomes for regular users were worse by age 35 compared to those who had not regularly smoked.

The 20 year-long prospective cohort study, led by Dr Gary Chan from UQ’s National Centre for Youth Substance Use Research, compared those who initiated cannabis use during high school to those who started after high school, comparing their life outcomes to non-users by age 35.

The findings of the study are published in the journal Drug and Alcohol Review.

“Compared to non-users, regular cannabis users were more likely to engage in high-risk alcohol consumption, smoke tobacco, use other illicit drugs and not be in a relationship at age 35,” Dr Chan said in a statement. “These outcomes were more common among those who started using cannabis regularly in adolescence.”

“They were also at higher risk of depression and less likely to have a paid job.” Dr Chan continued. “Overall, regular use of cannabis – more than weekly and especially daily use – was found to have harmful consequences, regardless of the age people began using it.” (Read more from “Regular Cannabis Use Harmful Regardless of Age Person Starts Using, Long-Term Study Suggests” HERE)

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