India, May 30 -- A new small study found that healthy people who regularly smoked marijuana or ate Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) edibles showed early signs of heart and blood vessel problems, which were similar to those of people who smoke tobacco.
The research was done by scientists at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), including lead author Leila Mohammadi and senior author Matthew Springer.
Published in the medical journal JAMA Cardiology, the study looked at how using marijuana affects the inner lining of blood vessels, called the endothelium.
Springer explained that earlier studies had already shown that tobacco smokers, and even people exposed to secondhand smoke, had poor blood vessel function. He wanted to find out ...