Cannabis smoking can double the risk of heart attack

Due to the stress and boredom of COVID-19 blockages or blockages around the world, many citizens were prone to smoking marijuana (or more) and a new study published in the Journal of the Medical Association Canada shows that young cannabis users are twice as likely. . smoke. adults may have a heart attack .

For example, myocardial infarction, commonly referred to as a heart attack, was more common in American adults below the age of 45 who smoke, vaporize, or consume edible cannabis (such as a brownie) compared to non-consumers. Cannabis refers to the psychoactive substance of the plant Cannabis sativa, whose psychoactive chemical is tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, giving to the World Health Organization .

"Beyond the main finding that heart attacks are more common in cannabis users, we found that the more people use it, the greater the risk," said Karim Ladha, a clinical researcher at St. Michael's from Toronto and co-author of the article . . .

Canadian researchers analyzed the history of heart attacks compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from more than 33,000 adults between the ages of 18 and 44 (between 2017 and 2018). Nearly one in five young adults reported cannabis use, and this group was twice as likely to have had a heart attack. Overall, 1.3% of cannabis users had a heart attack, compared with 0.8% of those who did not have a heart attack .

 

 Heart attacks were more common in those who used cannabis at least once a week, and the risk was the same, whether it was consumed through cigarettes, e-cigarettes or food. "This suggests that no one method of consumption is safer than another in this regard," say the authors .

Experts found that smokers stayed more likely to have an enlarged left ventricle, the main pumping chamber of the heart. As the walls thicken, less blood can be carried around the body, which researchers say may increase the risk of stroke. The study found that regular cannabis smokers also affected heart function, with evidence that their muscle fibers twisted every time their heart contracted.

"With recent legalization and decriminalization, cannabis use is on the rise among young adults in North America and we are not fully aware of its effects on cardiovascular health," says Ladha. "We found an association between recent cannabis use and myocardial infarction, which persisted in a series of strong sensitivity tests."

Some people undertake that cannabis use is safe and cannot damage your body, but this is incorrect, says Ladha, who warns that “there is growing evidence that its use could be harmful to your body. in the short and extended term ". .

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