Cannabis

Data from a cross-sectional study showed that U.S. adults who reported cannabis use had a higher risk for coronary heart disease, MI and stroke compared with nonusers.

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SAN FRANCISCO — Documented cannabis use may be associated with an increased risk of scaphoid fracture nonunion compared with non-use, according to results presented here.

U.S. adults who reported cannabis use were at higher risk for coronary heart disease, MI and stroke compared with nonusers, with the risks persisting for cannabis users who reported never smoking tobacco, data show.

Individuals who used cannabis in the previous 30 days were more likely to have current asthma, with a dose-response relationship between frequency of use and odds for asthma, according to a study published in Preventive Medicine.

Asthma was more prevalent among adolescents who used cannabis in the previous 30 days compared with those who had not used it, according to a study published in Pediatric Pulmonology.

A postmortem study of men with HIV who were being treated with ART revealed that cannabis use is associated with reduced sizes and inflammatory cytokine expression of subtype C HIV-1 reservoirs.

In a cohort of older adults who smoked cannabis, impaired driving and elevated blood THC levels were significant 30 minutes after ingestion, according to research from JAMA Network Open.

Medical cannabis use for chronic pain may confer increased risk for de novo arrhythmia compared with nonuse or other treatments for chronic pain, researchers in Denmark reported.

A recent study found that maternal cannabis use was linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes related to placental function.