Marijuana use may increase heart complications in young, middle-aged adults

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-04/aha-mum041814.php

PUBLIC RELEASE DATE: 23-Apr-2014

Contact: Karen Astle
American Heart Association

Marijuana use may increase heart complications in young, middle-aged adults

American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report

Marijuana use may result in cardiovascular-related complications — even death — among young and middle-aged adults, according to a French study reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

"In prior research, we identified several remarkable cases of cardiovascular complications as the reasons for hospital admission of young marijuana users," said Émilie Jouanjus, Pharm.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study and a medical faculty member at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Toulouse in Toulouse, France. "This unexpected finding deserved to be further analyzed, especially given that the medicinal use of marijuana has become more prevalent and some governments are legalizing its use."

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