Study: Patients believe cannabis may have negative impacts on their voices

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Patients who smoke cannabis and are receiving treatment for their voices report that they believe there have been both immediate and long-term negative effects on their voices. Published in the Journal of Voice, the pilot involves patients who have consumed cannabis via smoking, vaping, eating and using CBD oil. Robert Sataloff, a professor and chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery at Drexel University, told PsyPost. “Anecdotally, laryngologists have seen adverse effects from marijuana,” Dr. A smaller portion, 29 per cent, believe weed had long-term effects, including hoarseness and vocal weakness. Gupta notes, she cites the potential damage from smoking as including vocal cord scarring (with decreased range), laryngitis, traumatic injuries (such as polyps and nodules), pre-cancerous changes and lung disease.

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Patients who smoke cannabis and are receiving treatment for their voices report that they believe there have been both immediate and long-term negative effects on their voices.

The preliminary findings of a survey of 42 adult patients at Philadelphia Ear, Nose and Throat Associates — whose services include preventive and professional voice care — found that 42 per cent of cannabis users believe marijuana “produced immediate changes to the voice,” according to PsyPost, a psychology and neuroscience news website.

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