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The situation is critical. Our country’s youth, once full of hope and ambition, are now facing grave challenges. They are losing their lives to drugs, disease, and hunger on the streets. Their aspirations of becoming educators, legal professionals, medical doctors, or nurses have been crushed.
The study looked at whether using dagga is linked to seeking medical help for anxiety. Researchers checked health records from Ontario, Canada, between 2008 and 2019. They focused on people who hadn’t gone to the doctor for anxiety before and compared those who went to the emergency room (ER) for dagga-related reasons to those who … Read more
The study looked at how using dagga might affect people’s hearts in different groups of people. They looked at data from 2016 to 2020 from a survey in 27 American states and 2 territories. The survey asked adults aged 18 to 74 about their dagga use and their heart health. Researchers wanted to see if … Read more
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More and more countries are letting doctors use medical dagga to help people with long-lasting pain. But, using dagga just for fun has been connected to heart problems. That’s why it’s important to check if medical dagga, prescribed by a doctor, is safe. To do this, researchers in Denmark looked at the records of people with long-lasting pain who started using medical dagga between 2018 and 2021. They matched these people with others who were similar in age, gender, type of pain, and also used other pain medicines. They wanted to see if there were more heart problems in those using medical dagga compared to those who didn’t.
Researchers searched various databases for studies published until January 24, 2020, identifying seven studies meeting the criteria. These studies involved a total of 808 individuals who heavily used dagga and 5308 individuals who did not. The analysis revealed a significant association between frequent or dependent dagga use during youth and a decrease in IQ. On average, this decline amounted to approximately 2 IQ points.
The risk of being in a crash was higher for people who used dagga compared to those who didn’t. Even after considering other factors like how much dagga was in their system and how often they used it, the risk still went up. Overall, these findings suggest that using dagga while driving makes it more likely for someone to get into a car accident.