{"id":66820,"date":"2024-02-29T11:28:44","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T17:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/?p=66820"},"modified":"2024-07-17T14:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T19:47:21","slug":"marijuana-use-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-use-linked-to-higher-risk-of-heart-attack-and-stroke\/","title":{"rendered":"Marijuana Use Linked to Higher Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\t

Source: “<\/strong>Marijuana use linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke<\/a>,” American Heart Association<\/em> News, 28 February 2024.<\/p>\n

“The number of people using marijuana has increased significantly in recent decades in the U.S., where its recreational use has been legalized in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In 2019, a\u00a0federal survey<\/a> showed more than 48 million people ages 12 and older reported using marijuana at least once \u00ad- nearly double the number in 2002.”<\/p>\n

“Any marijuana use was linked to a higher risk for heart attacks and strokes, but people who used it most frequently had the highest odds. Adults who used marijuana daily had 25% higher odds of having a heart attack and 42% higher odds of stroke than people who didn’t use it at all.”<\/p>\n

“Cannabis smoke is not all that different from tobacco smoke, except for the psychoactive drug: THC versus nicotine”<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: “Marijuana use linked to higher risk of heart attack and stroke,” American Heart Association News, 28 February 2024. “The number of people using marijuana has increased significantly in recent decades in the U.S., where its recreational use has been legalized in 24 states and the District of Columbia. In 2019, a\u00a0federal survey showed more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[372,908,540],"class_list":["post-66820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-issues","tag-drugs","tag-health","tag-marijuana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44413,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/the-truth-about-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":0},"title":"The Truth About Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"March 7, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"by Jeffrey W. Hamilton I run into so many people who argue that there is nothing harmful about marijuana that I thought it best to share this video about the actual facts. Argument: You should have the right to do what you want with your own body The argument is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Article"","block_context":{"text":"Article","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/article\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25988,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-use-linked-to-testicular-cancer\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":1},"title":"Marijuana Use Linked to Testicular Cancer","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"September 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Bill Briggs, \"Dude, it's your junk! Pot linked to testicular cancer,\" NBC News, 10 September 2012. \"Scientists at the University of Southern California say they've detected a link between recreational marijuana use and a greater chance among males in their early teens through their mid-30s of contracting a particularly dangerous\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2376,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/marijuana-and-mental-illness\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":2},"title":"Marijuana and Mental Illness","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"February 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Alex Berenson, \"Marijuana, Mental Illness, and Violence,\" Imprimis, vol. 48, no. 1, Jan 2019 \"They've told you marijuana has many different medical uses. In reality marijuana and THC, its active ingredient, have been shown to work only in a few narrow conditions. They are most commonly prescribed for pain relief.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":54433,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/car-crashes-linked-to-marijuana-rises\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":3},"title":"Car Crashes, Linked to Marijuana, Rises","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"October 18, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: Paul A. Eisenstein, \"Legalized marijuana linked to a sharp rise in car crashes,\" NBC News, 18 Oct 2018 \"There has been an increase by up to 6 percent in the number of highway crashes in four of the states where the recreational use of marijuana has been legalized, according\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":60865,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/genetic-link-between-marijuana-use-and-psychiatric-disorders\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":4},"title":"Genetic Link Between Marijuana Use and Psychiatric Disorders","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"May 23, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Source: \"Shared Genetics for Cannabis Use and Psychiatric Disorders,\" Neuroscience News, 21 May 2023. \"Researchers discovered shared genetic underpinnings for cannabis use and psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.\" \"Some genetic variants can have opposing effects - increasing risk of cannabis use while decreasing the risk of schizophrenia or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Issues"","block_context":{"text":"Issues","link":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/category\/issues\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":57690,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/dangers-of-recreational-marijuana\/","url_meta":{"origin":66820,"position":5},"title":"Dangers of Recreational Marijuana","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"January 6, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Source:\u00a0Dr. Liji Thomas, MD, \"Dangers of recreational\/medical cannabis use,\"\u00a0News Medical and Life Sciences, 26 October 2022. 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