As marijuana use goes mainstream so does the research & smoking pot is really bad for you:
Bottom Line: As much of the country, including Florida, has moved closer to acceptance of marijuana - with states like California outright taking recreational use mainstream - we're starting to get comprehensive research of long-term use in and the results, predictably, aren't pretty. My purpose of passing this information along to you isn't advocacy on the position, it's real information about the implications of smoking pot.
I've found it fascinating that despite wide-spread detestation of traditional cigarettes generally, and the second hand smoke that accompanies the use (with the most restrictive policies showing up in states/cities that are left leaning), that many of the same states/cities have been the ones most aggressive in rebuking federal law and "allowing" for the use of marijuana in their communities. That use, according to a new research study from Georgia State University, may be significantly worse than even that of traditional tobacco.
GSU published a study in the European Journal of Preventative Cardiology, that found found the following among those who'd used marijuana for an average of 11.5 years:
- Smoking marijuana presented increased health risk as compared to traditional cigarettes
- Up to 300% greater risk of hypertension for marijuana as compared to tobacco
- The longer the use of marijuana the greater the likelihood of death due to hypertension
The top three health risks for marijuana use were found to be:
- Hypertension
- Heart disease
- Cerebrovascular disease (issue with oxygen not properly circulating through the brain)
So, if states and cities have deemed traditional cigarette smoking to be a health risk so detrimental that it needs to be heavily regulated at the state and local level, why then would these states and cities move to "normalize" a federally illegal product that's potentially 300% more dangerous than traditional cigarettes? Again, this isn't about advocacy, it's about information and that's a question that should be accounted for, especially given that cardiovascular events are already the #1 killer of men in the US.
For the complete study: http://bit.ly/2fVhoI0