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Marijuana use may increase the chances of developing an often temporary but still frightening heart condition, suggests new preliminary research presented this week at the annual American Heart Association Meeting.
Researchers analyzed records from the country's largest database on hospital stays, called the National Inpatient Sample (NIS). They looked at over 33,000 people hospitalized with stress cardiomyopathy, better known as "broken heart syndrome," from 2003 to 2011. When they focused on the 210 patients who reported using marijuana soon before they experienced its telltale symptoms, which closely resemble a heart attack, they found noticeable differences between them and the typical sufferer. Not only were these patients often younger men instead of older women, but they had fewer known risk factors for the condition, like high blood pressure or type 2 diabetes. They were also slightly more likely to go into cardiac arrest and require an implanted defibrillator to prevent later cardiac events (2.4 percent vs 0.6 percent).
These differences could indicate that marijuana alone can increase the risk of stress cardiomyopathy, the researchers concluded. After accounting for other known factors, they estimated that users were nearly twice as likely to develop it than non-users.
(Score: 0, Troll) by jmorris on Wednesday November 16 2016, @06:54PM
So when will all these 'dispensaries' going to be required to put horrible warning labels on their products? When will we treat dope tokers like smokers, reviling them, shunning them, forcing them farther and farther away from buildings, forbid them to even light up in public PARKS, etc? When do we ban firing one up a fat one in your own home because of second hand dope? Won't anyone think of the children!
Oh, we aren't doing that and there aren't even any calls for it? Hmm. Interesting. One of these things is not like the others.
(Score: 2) by aristarchus on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:01PM
Sorry, jmorris, this is a non-smoking area! You must move at least twenty yards further away from SoylentNews. What's that? You will not be able to get a wifi signal to post? Well, that is certainly too bad, but better than forcing your carcinogens down the throats of your fellow Soylentils, don't you think? Or are you not in favor of personal freedom?
(Score: 3, Informative) by melikamp on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:37PM
I'd be suprised if jmorris himself can tell when he's being sarcastic. As often (but not always) is the case, if he is not, then what he is saying is upside-down: marijuana in almost all of its forms is still illegal under the US federal law, and there are still what like a million people in prison/jail for possession of trivial, personal use quantities. Even in the states which legalized the smoking of much safer marijuana, tobacco users still enjoy more freedoms. On top of that, a significant portion of people who would like to see recreational drugs decriminalized are in fact suggesting more regulation across the board, not less. My personal opinion is, all recreational drugs (even really bad one, like alcohol, tobacco, heroin, and cocaine) should be decriminalized, regulated, taxed, studied, and treated as a manageable public health issue first of all. All recreational drugs proven to be a health hazard should come from dispensaries, they should all have plain packaging, their public use should be controlled, and advertizing them commercially should be illegal.
jmorris' bashing of an imaginary and cartoonish marijuana supporter would be valid of course, if such people and discourses actually existed in the real life, and I am sure they do, but I doubt very much these are prevalent opinions even among the supporters of legalization.
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Thursday November 17 2016, @05:51AM
Yeah our resident conspiracy diva J-Mo is several hundred sausages, 50 gallons of Spotted Cow, and an entire live band short of a Bratfest, isn't he? :/ Makes me wonder what his particular chemical vice is. And whether it's usually stored under the sink.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:03PM
There are already restrictions on where you can toke up in those legal recreational states.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @07:22PM
Jmo the slow-mo
(Score: 4, Touché) by kurenai.tsubasa on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:41PM
Wat?
Um, we do forbid people from smoking cannabis in public parks. Or at least that's how it is in Colorado. I routinely smoke cigarettes in public all over the place, but I do feel guilty about exposing others to the smoke so I try to take care. I'm certain I'd be arrested on the spot (or fined in Colorado) if I were smoking a joint in public.
And where is smoking tobacco in your own house banned? Well, I mean, my house aside, but that's my rule (cannabis and tobacco—they're both pretty stinky), not the government's. I'm also pretty certain that cannabis users can be arrested for lighting up in their own homes in states where it's not legal yet.
Well, let me ask this. How may I travel to your parallel universe where cannabis smoking is universally accepted? My parallel universe sucks.
(Score: 3, Funny) by turgid on Wednesday November 16 2016, @08:52PM
Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be alright.
I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent [wikipedia.org].
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @09:39PM
I can't believe this got modded to 2 already for insinuating a Schedule 1 drug isn't being held to as high a standard as a legal drug. What the hell are the moderators smoking?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday November 16 2016, @10:47PM
Moderation -1
Troll=1, Total=1
Karma-Bonus Modifier +1
Total Score: 1
What are you smoking?