Reuters (11/25, Staff) reports researchers found that young people “who use cocaine, amphetamines and cannabis are more likely to be hospitalized for heart attacks by early adulthood than their counterparts who don’t use these drugs.” The researchers analyzed data from “1,694 patients ages 15 to 22 who were hospitalized for heart attacks, plus almost 9.4 million patients this age who were hospitalized for other reasons,” and found that “overall, the risk of a heart attack hospitalization was 3.9 times higher for cocaine users, 2.3 times higher for amphetamine users, and 30% higher for cannabis users than for non-users of these drugs.” The findings were published in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
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— “Cannabis tied to severe heart attack risk in younger adults, “Reuters Staff, Reuters, November 25, 2019