New research links marijuana use to cancer risk.
Writing in the scientific journal Addiction Biology, Australian researchers explored the connection between marijuana use and cell damage. The study found the cell damage caused by marijuana may contribute to cancer, birth defects, and accelerated aging.
Unfortunately, this is not the first study linking marijuana use to serious health problems.
A study published in JAMA Otolaryngology found daily marijuana use is linked to a higher risk of head and neck cancers.
Over the summer, researchers announced that using marijuana during pregnancy raises a woman’s risk of developing gestational hypertension (high blood pressure), preeclampsia, weight gain, and placental abruption.
A separate study published this year found women who used marijuana during pregnancy faced a staggering 631% greater risk of fetal death.
All of this underscores what we have said for year: Marijuana may be many things, but “harmless” simply is not one of them.
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