Older marijuana users are at a high risk of heart attack and stroke, while older daily users are 34% more likely to develop heart failure, according to new studies.
Is this really news when talking about smoking? Yeah, you’re making molecule salad when you combust any organics, and there’s going to be carcinogens in there, just entropically.
I understand it’s important to study, but it feels very misleading to say ‘marijuana use’ when smoking is the only delivery being examined.
Is this really news when talking about smoking? Yeah, you’re making molecule salad when you combust any organics, and there’s going to be carcinogens in there, just entropically.
I understand it’s important to study, but it feels very misleading to say ‘marijuana use’ when smoking is the only delivery being examined.
I think the news portion is just that is not necessarily marijuana or tobacco. Smoking is the constant. The article does call that out as well.
The headline is terrible, though.
To be clear, tobacco itself can and does increase the risk of cancer. It’s not just smoking, smoking just makes it worse.