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Increased Risk of Major Adverse Cardiac and Cerebrovascular Events in Elderly Non-Smokers With Cannabis Use Disorder

  • Writer: Breathe Free Oregon
    Breathe Free Oregon
  • Jun 21
  • 1 min read

Even after controlling for smoking, elderly cannabis users (28,535 individuals over 65 years were studied) having CVD risk had 20% more MACCE events encountered than non-users. Cannabis use in older non-smokers deserves investigation into CVD risks.




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