THC-laced edibles linked to early heart disease

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“The observations that marijuana smokers and THC users each have poor vascular function might make people conclude that the THC is responsible for all of this and the smoke is irrelevant,” Springer said.

That would be an ill-advised conclusion, according to Springer, as there are reasons to believe that marijuana smoke itself is as responsible as THC for the damage to blood vessels.

“Rats exposed to marijuana smoke with no cannabinoids at all also had vascular and cardiac impairment, plus tobacco smoke is known to cause heart disease and it has no THC,” Springer said.

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The research only shows an association, Springer said. “We can only state that the cannabis users have poor vascular function, not that cannabis use causes poor vascular function,” he said via email.

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Findings In this cross-sectional study of 55 participants

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People are going to get very defensive about this.

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THC-laced edibles linked to early heart disease

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Whether marijuana smoke would impact the human vascular system, however, was unknown.

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Whether marijuana smoke would impact the human vascular system, however, was unknown.

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In this cross-sectional study of 55 participants, vascular endothelial function was impaired in both chronic marijuana smokers and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)–edible users, whereas serum from marijuana smokers but not THC-edible users blunted nitric oxide production in cultured endothelial cells.

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We’re looking at a window in the future, showing the early changes that may explain why smoking marijuana has been linked to later heart disease,

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