San Diego Heart Surgeon Weighs in on Marijuana and Heart Disease Risk

San Diego heart surgeon weighs in on marijuana and heart disease risk

new study published in the medical journal "Heart" is raising concerns about marijuana use and its potential link to heart disease, citing findings that suggest cannabis users may be twice as likely to die from heart-related conditions.

Marijuana Doubles Your Risk of Dying From Heart Disease—And Edibles May Not Be Safer

In 2021, approximately 52.5 million Americans (about 19 percent of the country’s population) used marijuana, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Of course, it goes without saying that both medical and recreational use of weed have only gained popularity since then. It’s estimated that three in 10 users have a cannabis disorder—this risk increases in those who start experimenting with weed before turning 18. Althoug…

New Study Links Cannabis Use to Serious Cardiovascular Risks — Public Health Experts Call for Clinicians and Cannabis Regulators to Act

OAKLAND — A growing body of scientific evidence is raising serious concerns about the health impacts of cannabis use — particularly its links to heart attacks, stroke, and cardiovascular death — according to a powerful new editorial published this week in Heart, a peer-reviewed medical journal of the British Medical Journal (BMS) and the British […]

Real-World Data Suggests Cannabis Use is Associated With Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events

Health care professionals are encouraged to educate patients on potential cannabis-related risks to cardiovascular health.

New Study Links Marijuana Use to Heart Risk

(AURN News) — A recent study from the University of California, San Francisco is raising red flags about marijuana’s impact on cardiovascular health — and it could be bad news for millions of Americans who’ve turned to cannabis in recent years for recreation, pain relief or stress management. Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the CANDIDE study — short for Cannabis: Does It Damage Endothelium — found that marijuana use…

Marijuana Use Dramatically Increases Risk of Dying From Heart Attacks and Stroke, Large Study Finds