According to a new study published on Tuesday, young adults who have recently consumed marijuana may have a heart attack with an even greater risk for frequent users. Journal of the Canadian Medical Association.
The report’s lead author, Karim Ladha, anesthesiologist at St. Paul’s Hospital staff. Michael and the University of Toronto in Canada told CNN that the study provides “growing evidence” that cannabis use “can be harmful to you, both in the short and long term.”
The study, which included health data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of more than 33,000 adults ages 18 to 44, found that from 2017 to 2018, approximately 1.3% of 17 Approximately% of adults who reported consuming cannabis in previous years. 30 days said they then had a heart attack.
In comparison, only 0.8 percent of non-cannabis consumers reported suffering a heart attack.
The study found that the association between marijuana use and heart attacks was consistent across different consumption methods, including smoking, smoking, and eating food.
The researchers noted in the study that reports of heart attacks were higher among people who had used cannabis more than four times over a 30-day period.
Ladha noted that previous research has indicated that marijuana use can cause irregular heart rhythms among users, which can ultimately lead to heart attacks.
However, the researcher noted in a statement along with the publication of the report that “we do not know at all” the effects that cannabis has “on cardiovascular health.”
The study comes amid a national movement to legalize or decriminalize cannabis use, and many point to the long-reported benefits of relieving pain, anxiety and other medical uses.
Leader of the Senate majority Charles Schumer
Chuck Schumer’s Budget Conciliation: Calling it a “$ 0.5 trillion spending bill” is not entirely correct Schumer is calling for climate action after the Ida floods. House Democrats are urging Pelosi to prioritize aid for MORE gyms (DN.Y.) said in July that ending the federal marijuana ban would be one of the top legislative priorities.
His statements came just a day after he submitted a draft of the Law on Cannabis Administration and Opportunity, which would effectively lift the ban banning cannabis companies from accessing bank accounts, loans and other financial services.
A growing number of Americans are also using marijuana more than ever, with a Gallup poll published last month noting that 49 percent of American adults said they had tried marijuana, a new high point in the firm’s history of investigating the issue.
Although those people 77 years of age or older were less likely to have said they had tried marijuana, about 51 percent of millennials said they had used the drug at some point, and 49 percent of the Xers generation said the same.