Marijuana May Up Heart Attack, Stroke Risk: Study

Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein, perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S. government researchers said on Tuesday.

Dr. Jean Lud Cadet of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, part of the National Institutes of Health, said the findings point to another example of long-term harm from marijuana. But marijuana activists expressed doubt about the findings.

Cadet said a lot of previous research has focused on the effects of marijuana on the brain. His team looked elsewhere in the body, measuring blood protein levels in 18 long-term, heavy marijuana users and 24 other people who did not use the drug.

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[zizyphus]

This sounds like just another Big Pharma funded anti-pot propaganda piece.

Meanwhile, other researchers are noting that cannabidiols are killing several types of cancer, that pot prevents damage to nerve cells, encourages growth of brain cells, relieves, nausea, depression, pain and spasticity.

Other researchers would have noted:Cannabidiol Prevents Cerebral Infarction Via a Serotonergic 5-Hydroxytryptamine1A Receptor"Dependent Mechanism, in other words, it prevents ischemic strokes.

Or that: The best available protection against nerve gas attack comes from an Israeli-made synthetic equivalent of marijuana, U.S. military experiments have shown.

Cannabis is a wonder drug containing over 300 active chemicals, each working synergistically with the others. It is a plant, should be legal to grow in your garden, providing cheap and effective remedies for many common health problems.

[beboy]

It would be more intereting to read about the many studies over the years that have found dire effects from pot use and are now completely discredited. On the other hand, studies(not conducted by the alcohol lobby controlled govt) have found countless beneficial uses of marijuana. Take a look at the misery and countless deaths caused by alcohol yearly, compared to the benign or favorable effects of pot. Alcohol fuels agression and sexual abuse while pot promotes passivity and introspection. Why then is alcohol promoted as being the "american way" and legally available on every street corner, while the other is demonized as dangerous and anti-societl?

[BadCompany]

Yeah, smoking pot *may* do that, but there's no reason to believe anything the government says about it.
They lie about it too much and there are too many drug warriors out there with jobs to protect.
BTW - eating at McDonalds *will* raise a person's risk of heart attack and stroke.