Marijuana use raises risk of heart attack, heart failure and stroke
cnn.com
cnn.com
I'm not sure if I can ever recall a single study that described the actual dosage being consumed. I have little doubt that someone taking hits off a bong all day long is going to be more likely to experience negative complications far sooner than someone eating a 5mg edible once a night.
> Cannabis use was ascertained by asking about marijuana, hashish, pot, grass, and hash oil use either smoked or ingested.
There is broken down analysis in the study, and it suggests that consumers of marijuana, whether they were tobacco smokers or alcohol drinkers or not, have increased risk of heart disfunction.
All that said, I'm not defending the study, nor am I disagreeing with your sentiment.
The study doesn't break that down. Which is a shame. There are people who do not smoke or vape marijuana, who instead ingest it (my 85 year old neighbor being one of those people). Do those people fare better than those that smoke or vape it?
Asked more simply: is it the smoking and vaping that increases people's risk of heart problems, or is it the marijuana itself?
To be fair: Inhaling "smoke", aka combustion byproducts, of literally _anything_ is _definitely_ not good for you. I'm surprised when states began to legalize they even allowed for smoking it.
It also somehow lumps vaping in there, but vaping definitely does not produce tar and the other bad substances that combustion does... so I do need to go read the whole thing at some point.