> Pot causes heart attacks. Good job, potheads.

https://gizmodo.com/doctors-blame-canna … 2000664140

A healthy 26-year-old woman’s sudden loss of heart function appears to have had an unusual cause: cannabis. In a recent report, her doctors described what they believe to be a rare case of cannabis-induced cardiac arrest.

Doctors at the WellStar Spalding Health System in Georgia detailed the strange incident earlier this week in the American Journal of Case Reports. The woman appeared to have no preexisting heart problems or other reasons for her heart stopping outside her cannabis use, the doctors determined. The woman’s prolonged cardiac arrest caused serious but non-permanent brain injury, and she thankfully made a complete recovery following prolonged rehabilitation.

“This case highlights the potential for cannabis use to induce life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias… even in young adults with no prior cardiovascular risk factors,” the authors wrote.