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Cannabis Use Associated With Reduced Mortality in Heart Attack Patients (norml.org)

submitted 4 months ago by Bampot to c/dangerdust

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A team of researchers from the United States and the United Kingdom assessed health outcomes in a cohort of nearly 10 million patients hospitalized for acute myocardial infarction (AMI).

They reported, “Cannabis use was associated with lower risks of cardiogenic shock, acute ischemic stroke, cardiac arrest, PCI [percutaneous coronary intervention] use, and in-hospital mortality.”

The conclusion is consistent with those of other studies finding that heart disease victims with a history of cannabis consumption possess greater in-hospital survival rates compared to controls. Other studies have similarly reported increased in-hospital survival rates among cannabis consumers suffering from cancer, COPD, gastroparesis, pancreatitis, HIV, burn-related injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and various other types of severe trauma.

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[–] cowfodder 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Switch to edibles. Smoking anything will raise your blood pressure and lower your O2 levels, which will make your heart work harder.

[–] CrayonRosary 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It's just the weed. It makes people's heart race.

Hell, years ago I read you have a 4x higher chance of having a heart attack for the first hour after smoking weed.

It's not just smoking, it's vaping, too, and even edibles.

In my personal experience, the dose matters. If I get super high off of one hit, that's when my heart races.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Interesting. I would be interested in learning more about this. I've always thought weed lowered heart rate and made you slow and groggy.

[–] CrayonRosary 2 points 4 months ago

Definitely not all strains. Some weed makes you very energetic.