Cannabis users considered as a group is obviously going to include smokers, so without broken down analysis who can say if other use is harmful, neutral or protective?
The 2020 study that CNN cites established cohorts that included marijuana users who also smoked tobacco, marijuana users who also consumed alcohol, marijuana users who smoked tobacco and consumed alcohol, and marijuana uses who didn't smoke tobacco or consume alcohol.
There is broken down analysis in the study, and it suggests that consumers of marijuana, whether they were tobacco smokers or alcohol drinkers or not, have increased risk of heart disfunction.
All that said, I'm not defending the study, nor am I disagreeing with your sentiment.
My point is really that CNN used the paper correctly for a point it could support. The point it may have been intended to make is flawed as particulate inhalation is a primary cause of heart problems so a separate cohort that (uses but) doesn't smoke marijuana would be necessary to understand the actual drugs in relation to heart health.
I re-read your question and it occurs to me that by "smokers", you may actually mean "marijuana smokers".
The study doesn't break that down. Which is a shame. There are people who do not smoke or vape marijuana, who instead ingest it (my 85 year old neighbor being one of those people). Do those people fare better than those that smoke or vape it?
Asked more simply: is it the smoking and vaping that increases people's risk of heart problems, or is it the marijuana itself?
The article states vaping also produces the adverse effects you refer to, and further it mentions additional adverse effects not specific to inhaling. You may be skeptical of the findings but you’re mischaracterizing what the article says entirely.
I'd recommend actually reading the article before participating in commentary about the article, if only so that you don't waste your time defending comments that you might not have made had you done so.
As someone who started using medical marijuana as an "older person" (though not as old as those in the study) I always find these studies frustrating.
I'm not sure if I can ever recall a single study that described the actual dosage being consumed. I have little doubt that someone taking hits off a bong all day long is going to be more likely to experience negative complications far sooner than someone eating a 5mg edible once a night.
I haven't read the paper, but the article calls out smoking specifically and it's bad effects.
To be fair: Inhaling "smoke", aka combustion byproducts, of literally _anything_ is _definitely_ not good for you. I'm surprised when states began to legalize they even allowed for smoking it.
It also somehow lumps vaping in there, but vaping definitely does not produce tar and the other bad substances that combustion does... so I do need to go read the whole thing at some point.
In my subjective experience, vaping makes my lungs feel more "sticky". Smoke just kind of leaves my lungs and hurts for a few seconds with a temperature kind of burn. The vape stuff stays in there and feels like it has a chemical burn to it.
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There is broken down analysis in the study, and it suggests that consumers of marijuana, whether they were tobacco smokers or alcohol drinkers or not, have increased risk of heart disfunction.
All that said, I'm not defending the study, nor am I disagreeing with your sentiment.
The study doesn't break that down. Which is a shame. There are people who do not smoke or vape marijuana, who instead ingest it (my 85 year old neighbor being one of those people). Do those people fare better than those that smoke or vape it?
Asked more simply: is it the smoking and vaping that increases people's risk of heart problems, or is it the marijuana itself?
I'm not sure if I can ever recall a single study that described the actual dosage being consumed. I have little doubt that someone taking hits off a bong all day long is going to be more likely to experience negative complications far sooner than someone eating a 5mg edible once a night.
To be fair: Inhaling "smoke", aka combustion byproducts, of literally _anything_ is _definitely_ not good for you. I'm surprised when states began to legalize they even allowed for smoking it.
It also somehow lumps vaping in there, but vaping definitely does not produce tar and the other bad substances that combustion does... so I do need to go read the whole thing at some point.