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LONDON (Reuters) - People who smoke marijuana have a three times greater risk of dying from hypertension, or high blood pressure, than those who have never used the drug, scientists said on Wednesday.The risk grows with every year of use, they said.The findings, from a study of some 1,200 people, could have implications in the United States among other countries. Several states have legalized marijuana and others are moving toward it. It is decriminalized in a number of other countries. ...The average duration of use among users of marijuana, or cannabis, was 11.5 years.The results showed marijuana users had a 3.42-times higher risk of death from hypertension than non-users, and a 1.04 greater risk for each year of use.There was no link between marijuana use and dying from heart or cerebrovascular diseases such as strokes. ...
Is that because of the active ingredient, or because of all the other crap you inhale when you inhale burning dried plant matter?
