00.03.03 - Report links heart attacks to marijuana. Report links heart attacks to marijuana. A study of heart attack survivors found that risk of heart attack for a middle-aged person increases quickly in the first hour after smoking marijuana. It causes an increase in heart rate and blood pressure.
Report links heart attacks to marijuana.
Dr. Murray A. Mittleman of Beth Israel-Deaconess Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts reported on his research at the American Heart Association's Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in San Diego, California. Not yet published.