A simple question..

[GfLoW]

Well people say that you can't die from smoking weed.

Everybody knows that when you're smoking weed, your heart rate increases by 20-40 hearbeats, and sometimes double your normal.

Isn't there a chance that you can get a heart attack and die?, cause thats what was going through my mind when I was tripping out once.

thats my 2 cents.....

GfLoW Reviewed by GfLoW on 06-13-2005. A simple question.. Well people say that you can't die from smoking weed. Everybody knows that when you're smoking weed, your heart rate increases by 20-40 hearbeats, and sometimes double your normal. Isn't there a chance that you can get a heart attack and die?, cause thats what was going through my mind when I was tripping out once. thats my 2 cents..... Rating: 5

[EverydayJunglist]

Yea,i suppose it could make you have a heart attack if you have a weak heart.But it wouldn't be directly linked with marijuana.As having sex and running fast could also make your heartbeat faster and then in turn have a heart attack.And as of right now,running and sex are still legal.

[BluntManAndChronic]

naw man im pretty sure u wont die but it isnt good for your heqrt and it is still less worse than tobaacoo

[kablam]

yeah... I think pot increases your heartrate as much as a cardio workout would, if not less. Asking that question here will in no way get you unbias answers though. Ask a doctor!! hahah

[Beeblebrox.420]

Medical studies show that pot smokers experience an increase in the rate of heart attacks by a factor of five. Yes, there is absolutely the chance of dying as an indirect result of smoking weed.

[imsmokingmyroach]

I guess if you were to abuse weed,then maybe you will find yourself in that situation.

[emnine]

Its completely possible. The rise in heart rate is NOTHING like a cardio workout. That kind of strain comes from a bump of speed or coke. The rise in heart rate from cannabis is considerable to the rise in heart rate when you experience a scary movie, just without the adrenaline. Consider: Marijuana is so safe that it's used to treat AIDS and Cancer patients, so how can it have that extreme effect on your heart?

[Breukelen advocaat]

There are probably no studies, but I'd guess that other ways of consuming it would be safer - such as eating (cooked into brownies, butter, etc.), or by using a vaporizer.
I get worse heart symptoms (palpitations) from caffeine, and sugar, than 420 smoking (jt. or pipe). 420 seems to make my blood pressure lower.

I'm going to get a vapor device this week.

[Beeblebrox.420]

http://www.annieappleseedproject.org/smokmarmayin.html

http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread10022.shtml

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/hea...000/664296.stm

http://www.hms.harvard.edu/news/pres...artattack.html

[Edgar]

While cannabis increases ur heart rate, it also reduces blood pressure at da same time, so its a pretty good trade off.