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Study: Cannabis is a potential risk factor for both acute and chronic cardiac events

A new study out of India that indicates consuming cannabis is a potential risk factor for adverse cardiac events could prove useful for clinicians treating marijuana-dependent patients.

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Researchers looked at the experiences among 50 relatively young male subjects, all between the ages of 18 and 40. Participants were followed according to three groups, namely those who consumed cannabis, used tobacco or were non-smokers, notes the study, a pre-proof copy of which was published online this week in Emerging Trends in Drugs, Addictions and Health.

Even though everyone was 40 or under, cannabis smokers were the youngest of the lot, with an average age of 26 compared

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