Additionally, earlier studies looking at the issue focused mostly on patients in hospital settings rather than young adults who use cannabis. The study population was “younger adults in the community who aren’t at high risk of heart attack because of their age,” notes a press release. Perhaps surprisingly, the association between recent weed use and MI “was consistent across different forms of cannabis consumption, including smoking, vaporization and other methods such as edibles,” Dr. David Mazer, a clinician-scientist at Unity Health Toronto, emphasizes the need for young adults, physicians and other clinicians “to be aware of this potentially important relationship. Ladha notes that cannabis use is increasing in young adults in North America.
Canadian researchers looking at U.S. data found that adults under 45 years old who reported recently using cannabis were two times more likely to have had a heart attack.
Published today in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, investigators considered data from 33,000-plus adults between the ages of 18 and 44 who had taken part in a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey. The study population was “younger adults in the community who aren’t at high risk of heart attack because of their age,” notes a press release.
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