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ahfoo t1_j9wzelg wrote

Reply to comment by SgtWaffleSound in Daily use of marijuana raises risk of heart disease, study finds by TheDodoBird

No, smoked marijuana actually reduces blood pressure over the longer term according to a study of 150,000 just published this month in Nature, a peer-reviewed journal.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-22841-6

The important factor is that the paper that is being hyped by CNN is simply a political hit piece that is not peer reviewed. It is nearly certain that CNN is pushing this disinformation precisely because of the big Nature story about the cardiovascular benefits of smoking marijuana long term.

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genaio t1_j9zt1xu wrote

You keep linking this study and making claims without understanding 1) The effect size was small and couldn't be isolated from confounding factors and 2) BP is not the same as cardiovascular disease.

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