Daily marijuana use raises the risk of coronary heart disease, according to a study that will be presented at American College of Cardiology.
People who smoke marijuana were more likely to have certain types of lung damage than people who smoked cigarettes, according to a new study.every day can raise a person's risk of coronary artery disease, or CAD, by a third compared with those who never partake, a new study found.
Signs of the condition include having angina, or chest pain, feeling weak, dizzy or sick to your stomach, or experiencing shortness of breath. However, for "some people, the first sign of CAD is a heart attack," the CDC says on its website.Using once a month or less They found that daily cannabis users were 34% more likely to be diagnosed with coronary artery disease than those who had never used the drug.The results held true even after researchers factored out other potential causes of coronary heart disease, such as age, sex and major cardiovascular risk factors - high blood pressure, high cholesterol, type 2 diabetes, obesity, smoking and alcohol use.
"Marijuana smoke also delivers many of the same substances researchers have found in tobacco smoke - these substances are harmful to the lungs and cardiovascular system," the agency says.
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