Claim: "Yes, it's true that the data suggest a "doubling" of risk for cardiac problems in cannabis users, but the article confuses "absolute" risk and "relative" risk. Those who don't use cannabis have cardiac problems at a rate a little below 1%. Those who use cannabis have cardiac problems at a…
Fact-check: CNN article accurately reports an increased risk of heart attack from cannabis use in young people, but lacks context on difference between absolute and relative risk - Science Feedback
Verdict: cnn article accurately reports an increased risk of heart attack from cannabis use in young people, but lacks context on difference between absolute and relative risk
Organisation: Science Feedback
Author: Rubén Portela Carballeira
Date published: 2021-09-21T14:03:34