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Marijuana is associated with higher risk of heart attack and stroke
(www.nytimes.com)
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I gonna hazard a wild guess its more to do with inhaling smoke than the substance itself, but AFAIK the only thing permitted to be researched was pretty shit quality so maybe research is catching up with what people actually have access to?
At the most, it seems more honest to suggest that smoking marijuana with preexisting cardiovascular issues may be uniquely harmful. But even within that narrowly defined community I reckon it would be a tall task to isolate the effects of marijuana as a smoking gun (heh) with so many other potentially contributing factors.
Sounds like some good Ole reefer madness to me.