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Is THC bad for PAD
I read on AI THAT THC in any form, smoking, vape, gummies, chocolates, liquid drinks will worsen and can cause PAD. Also said heavy alcohol, 10 drinks a week is bad also. Opinions please.
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Not judging but bad and unhealthy lifestyle choices are bad for longevity. Check this out:
https://www.scai.org/media-center/news-and-articles/marijuana-users-three-times-more-likely-develop-peripheral-artery
@csrb7007 In that article, I found this sentence particularly interesting:
Marijuana users were at more than three times the risk of developing PAD (OR= 3.68, p<0.001) but had no statistically significant increased risk for mortality or requiring percutaneous intervention (p<0.001). Don't know how to interpret that part....
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1 Reaction@dianempx I agree, kind of doesn’t make sense. But I did find a Harvard study relating pot usage to a significantly higher risk of stroke and heart attacks:
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One study, published March 18, 2025, in JACC: Advances, relied on electronic medical record data from 2010 to 2018 on 4.6 million people ages 50 and younger. All were relatively healthy (they didn't use tobacco and had normal blood pressure and cholesterol levels). Just 2% used cannabis, and their average age was 26. During the three-year follow-up, cannabis users were six times more likely to experience a heart attack compared with non-users. Still, the study had some limitations, including the lack of information about the dose and frequency of cannabis use. Also, the prevalence of both depressive episodes and obesity - two conditions linked to heart risk - was much higher among the cannabis users.
A 2024 study found an increased risk of heart attack and stroke among people who used cannabis just once a week, and those odds rose with more frequent use. Published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, the study analyzed data from nearly 435,000 adults ages 18 to 74. Of the 35,000 participants who said they used cannabis, about three-quarters reported smoking as the most common way they got high. Participants also may have vaped or consumed edibles.
Compared with people who never used cannabis, participants who did so once a week had a 3% higher risk of heart attack and a 5% higher risk of stroke during the four-year study period. But those who used cannabis daily faced 25% greater odds of a heart attack and were 42% likelier to have a stroke. The study was observational, meaning it can't prove that cannabis use causes cardiovascular problems - just that an association exists.
There is a lot of misinformation about THC. Since marijuana is still federally illegal, you won't find much truth. I highly reccomend going to studies from Israel, they have been studying marijuana and its components for years. Don't beleive AI.