Tobacco calcifies coronary arteries more than pure cannabis use
The use of marijuana is repeatedly associated with dramatic health consequences. Among other things, he should increase the risk of heart attack, as he care for harmful deposits in the coronary arteries. But it is not the cannabis consumption itself, but mainly responsible for the tobacco smoke, as researchers have now found out.
Health consequences of marijuana use
Especially since the change in the law, which makes it easier for seriously ill patients to receive cannabis by prescription, the health consequences of marijuana use are in the interest of the general public. While there have been scientific studies that concluded that the smoking of the drug has no significant impact on physical health, on the other hand, hashish deaths have been detected. A recent study has shown that the danger to the heart associated with cannabis use is primarily due to tobacco smoke.
Smoking cannabis better without tobacco
According to experts, cannabis should be smoked exclusively without tobacco in order to reduce the health consequences for the users. The fact that this advice should be followed is also illustrated by the results of a long-term study led by the University of Bern. Although long-term cannabis use has been repeatedly associated with deposits in the arteries of the heart (plaques). However, the Swiss scientists have now been able to prove that it is not cannabis consumption itself but tobacco smoke that is the main trigger.
Harmful to the arteries of the heart
It is already known that tobacco smoking forms plaques and thus increases the risk of heart attacks. It has not yet been investigated whether cannabis use has the same effect, according to a statement by the University of Bern. A 25-year long-term study led by Prof. Reto Auer of the Bern Institute for Family Medicine (BIHAM) has now shown that regular cannabis use is harmful to the arteries of the heart only if cannabis is consumed with tobacco. "Our study confirms the strong and consistent link between tobacco consumption and the formation of plaques," says Auer. "Cannabis users smoke a lot of tobacco, increasing their risk of heart attack."
Data from two and a half decades
Data from the long-term CARDIA study have been used since 1985 to investigate the development of atherosclerosis and its risk factors in young adults. It covers, among other things, the cannabis and tobacco consumption of more than 5,000 participants in the United States for over 25 years, beginning in early adulthood. The present study looked at 3,498 middle-aged participants who had a typical cannabis and tobacco exposure in their environment and who had collected tobacco and cannabis for over 25 years. In the 25th year the calcium in the cardiac and abdominal arteries was measured by computed tomography. The researchers used the measurements to examine the relationship between years of cannabis and tobacco consumption and arteriosclerosis. Of the 3,498 participants, 89 percent had computed tomography. In 60 percent of these subjects plaques had formed. Of these 3,117 people with plaques, 84 percent reported cannabis use, but only six percent consumed daily. By contrast, 49 percent smoked tobacco daily.
The adverse effects of tobacco consumption should not be underestimated
As the scientists expected, there was a strong correlation between tobacco smoke exposure in the past and plaque buildup in the cardiac and abdominal arteries. However, for those cannabis users who had never smoked tobacco, this relationship was undetectable. Only in those with very high cannabis use did researchers find a trend towards an increased risk of atherosclerosis. "But we have to interpret these results carefully, because only a few participants were so exposed," said Auer. Overall, frequent cannabis use had only a weak effect on the calcification of abdominal arteries. "We have already shown in an earlier study that cannabis and heart attacks are not associated," said co-author Stephen Sidney, MD, Principal Investigator of the CARDIA study. "On the other hand, we clearly see the adverse effects of tobacco use - or in other words, the accompanying nephews effects of consuming cannabis with tobacco are not to be underestimated," explained Auer.
fck the government for forbidding the consume and the police that supports the stupid laws .
YES!
I got a ticket but luckily didn't take me in
All we can do is hope it becomes legal
(Or visit the legal places)
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Sauber!
ich mir auch
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Jeder der den medizinischen Nutzen von Cannabis nicht annerkennt, ist blind für medizinische Fakten. Gerade in Deutschland bekomme ich diesbezüglich eine richtige Hass Kappe.
Einfach die Augen verschließen, es ist ein Betäubungsmittel - Ende der Diskussion. Steht ja so im Gesetz und Gesetze müssen immer frei von Kritik und uneingeschränkt beachtet werden. Egal ob empirische Daten, gerade bezüglich des deutschen Alkoholkonsums, eine völlig andere Sprache sprechen.
Jede Substanz ist ein Gift, entsprechend der richtigen Dosis. Der vernünftige Umgang ist immer wichtig, egal bei welcher Substanz. Jedoch zeigt Cannabis ziemlich gute Wirkung in der Bekämpfung von Schmerzen und Symptomen, insbesonders bei Krebs und Pakinson Patienten.
Als Konsumform finde ich die Verbrennung dennoch bedenklich, hier sollte man lieber zu einen Vaporizer greifen.
Da hast du recht !
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A new study on trends in global sales of tobacco products is published in the sixth edition of the Atlas of Tobacco. Cigarette manufacturers are increasingly targeting vulnerable groups in the developing countries of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, where the population is not protected by the state strict laws and regulations to combat smoking.
Atlas was co-authored with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and clearly demonstrates the magnitude of the epidemic of tobacco use around the world. Here you can see in which regions the progress in the fight against nicotine is observed, the newest products and methods that are introduced by the tobacco industry in order to increase their profits and counter the programs for fighting smoking are described.
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helpful post for me because i am also smoker and i donot know about this...
Thank you for this important content....:)
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Just smoked one joint and saw this :D Are you ready for tomorrow ?
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I'm sure there are few beating more freely after reading this.
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We all know smoking can be dangerous to our health but we still continue to do so for whatever reason. They call it "addiction" but for me it's a choice they've already decided. Now if consuming cannabis less harms the heart then, should we consume cannabis for this reason?
We all know smoking can be dangerous to our health but we still continue to do so for whatever reason. They call it "addiction" but for me it's a choice they've already decided. Now if consuming cannabis less harms the heart then, should we consume cannabis for this reason?
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Also leads to restricted blood flow and other circulatory problems, which would then effect sexual health. That's bad for everybody
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