Scientists say that marijuana smoking increases stroke by 26 percentand heart failure by 10 percent. The drug also was linked to a varietyof known factors that increase cardiovascular risk, such as obesity, high blood pressure, smoking and alcohol consumption. As more States to legalize the drug, or for medically prescribed to alleviate the symptoms of other diseases, the study sheds new light on how the drugcan severely affect cardiovascular health. The study looked at more than 20 million patients young and middle-aged of the nationwide inpatient sample - records compiled from one-fifth of the health centres in United States. Patients between the ages of 18 and 55 were discharged more than 1,000 hospitals in 2009 and 2010, when the recreational use of marijuana was illegal in every State. The researchers found that 316,000 people, or 1.5 percent, had written in his charts.Compared to patients who do not report the use of cannabis, marijuana team found a risk significantly higher in patients smoking pot for accident, stroke, heart failure, coronary heart disease and sudden death.Drug led to increased risk even after accounting for demographic factors, health conditions and risk factors such as tobacco smoking anddrinking. "even when we have corrected for known risk factors, still found a higher accident rate stroke and heart failure in these patients, said lead author Dr. Aditi Kalla, a cardiology fellow at Einstein MedicalCenter in Philadelphia." by which leads us to believe that there is something more going on besides obesity only or diet-related cardiovascular side effects. 'more research is needed to understand the pathophysiology behind this effect.' cell in the study showed that heart muscle cells have receptors relevant to contractility or ability to squeezecannabis. This suggests that the receivers could be one of the mechanisms that affect the cardiovascular system. However, there are othercompounds that could be developed to counter this mechanism andreduce cardiovascular risk, according to Dr. Kalla.She added: ' as all other drugs if they are prescribed or non-prescribed, we want to knowthe effects and side effects of this drug'It important for physicians to know these effects so we can better educate patients as those concerns about the safety of cannabis or even asking for a recipe for cannabis.' previous studies focused on the damage to the lungs or the mental state for marijuana use. The researchers noted that because the study was based on records from hospital, the results may not be reflection of the population in general. Dr. Kalla said that the growing trend towards the legalization of marijuana in the United States couldmean that patients and doctors will be more comfortable talking openly about the use of marijuana. She said that this would enable better data collection and a better understanding of the direct effects of the drug and the side effects.
WHERE MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES
28 States and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for avariety of medical applications.
Eight of those States, as well as the capital of the country, have also legalized the drug for recreational use.
The States are: California, Oregon, Washington, Maine, Nevada, Alaska, Colorado and Massachusetts.
That means nearly a quarter of Americans (more than 20 per cent) now have access to recreational marijuana and more than 60% to the medical variety.
But experts--among them the White House Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Gupta - legalization moves faster than the research.
Dr Gupta published a report in November urging careful with drugs,saying: 'marijuana is addictive'.
He referred to 'a growing body of research' suggesting marijuana chemicals can help to with ' pain, nausea, epilepsy, obesity, wasting disease, addiction, autoimmune disorders and other conditions '.
While Dr Gupta supports easing restrictions on marijuana studies, says that this is simply to accelerate our scientific understanding of thedroga-no as a green light for the Americans to smoke cannabismore.
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