Researchers were not surprised by their recent findings, but argue added study is needed to determine if cannabis smoking, like cigarette smoking, is a risk factor for developing cataracts.
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“Like tobacco smoke, cannabis smoke contains thousands of organic and inorganic chemical compounds,” U.S. investigators write in the study, published on Jan. 31 in the Journal Français d’Ophtalmologie.
According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, cataracts affect more than 24.4 million people in the U.S. 40 and older, and about half of those by age 75. Clouding of the eye’s normally clear lens “can make it more difficult to read, drive a car (especially at
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