does smoking pot cause early heart attack?

[Edgar]

That bit about the fast heartbeat wasn't total bullshit. I sometimes get a noticeably faster heartbeat when i toke, and I've always read that this is a normal effect of smokin' the ganj.

http://www.maps.org/mmj/abrams2.shtml

Plasma drug levels and heart rate peak within 15 minutes of an inhaled dose and rapidly decline. Oral THC increases heart rate to a lesser extent than smoked marijuana with a peak occurring two to three hours after ingestion (Chait 1992). Heart rate remained elevated four hours after ingestion.

http://www.erowid.org/plants/cannabi..._effects.shtml

racing heart

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_...ogical_effects

Some of the effects of marijuana use include increased heart rate

Do you have some source that claims otherwise? I would like to read it.

Edgar Reviewed by Edgar on 09-23-2005. does smoking pot cause early heart attack? i can think of and know some smokers who have had heart probs. in their early to mid-fifties.look at http://www.jackherer.com Rating: 5