People who smoke marijuana can die from cardiovascular complications

Smoking marijuana can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in young people and may even be fatal from dangerous complications. This is a warning of French experts in the American Heart Association magazine published on April 23.

Conducting the monitoring of the health status of nearly 2,000 young people who are being treated for complications - as a result of smoking marijuana, in the period 2006-2010, scientists discovered the incidence of complications The heart is very low but the number of deaths due to cardiovascular diseases is quite high.

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Specifically, only 2% (35 people) experienced heart attacks or disorders of cerebral blood circulation and limbs, while up to 25% of patients experiencing these complications could not survive. People with a history of heart disease have a higher risk of death.

In addition, the study also found that the incidence of cardiovascular complications tripled in 2010 compared to the previous four years.

Expert Emilie Jouanjus of Toulouse University (France), the leader of the research team, stressed that many people believe marijuana is harmless, so authorities need to disseminate information about marijuana's harm to health. healthy people to the public, policy makers and health officials.

In many Western countries, marijuana is legally sold and is often used to relieve symptoms of mental breakdown, Alzheimer's disease, arthritis pain, intestinal disease . However, the drug has This addiction can also cause dangerous side effects such as mental disorders, impaired body's reaction function, increased risk of depression.