• miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    The results echo a 2022 study from the U.K., which found that among participants aged 40 to 69, those who reported smoking cannabis were more likely to have a heart attack compared with non-users.

    –buried amongst the fluff in the article

    Smoking.
    Which was far more prevalent (99.9%?) pre-legalization.
    Vaping and ingesting cannabis are far more common now.

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      I haven’t forgotten the time the UK gov ordered a cannabis study and then deleted the results and tried to suppress them because it didn’t like the conclusion.

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        To be fair, it’s an ‘ok’ article, as it brings the topic to light, however it appears the self-reported cannabis use would be dominated by smokers given the relative ‘newness’ of alternative consumption methods.