Does marijuana damage the heart?

The largest study of the health effects of marijuana to date was done by Kaiser Permanente. They studied the health records of 65,000 patients over a number of years. They found no significant differences between the health histories of those who smoked pot versus those who did not smoke marijuana.
Marijuana and Mortality
http://www.druglibrary.org/crl/aging/sidney-01.html

Every major government commission report on marijuana from around the world over the last 100 years has concluded that marijuana prohibition was based on racism, ignorance, and nonsense. They all said the marijuana laws should have been repealed long ago because they do more harm than good. They all said that marijuana is not a significant threat to health, even when used regularly for decades.
Major Studies of Drugs and Drug Policy - http://druglibrary.org/schaffer/Library/studies/studies.htm

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I recommend laying off the weed if you think it's giving you heart trouble. Consider this: every substance effects every person differently.

One thing about pot, it can make you way TOO in touch with your body rhythm and you may think that you are dying, when you're just being paranoid.

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i have a friend who about two years ago had open heart surgery to get a pace maker cuz of FAMILY health problems and the first question the doc asked was Do u smoke?and he said yes i do. The doc said ciggarettes? he said yes and worrying about it he said i smoke weed too. The doc said lay off the ciggs they will cause heart problems for u. Also being is that ur doc cant rat u out he said marijuana is different it will not effect the heart even tho its illegal i cant make u stop, it WILL NOT HARM U IN ANYWAY

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