Newsbrief: Study links cannabis use to heart disease, strokes

Cannabis use may be linked to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, especially strokes, according to new research scheduled to be presented to the American Heart Association this week.

The findings, which have not been peer reviewed, are based on an analysis of almost half a million U.S. adults who responded to telephone surveys in legal cannabis states between 2020 and 2024. Approximately half of respondents were women.

The findings include:

• Those who reported using cannabis on 1 to 5 days per month had 23% higher odds . . .
  

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