Cannabis use is associated with lower blood pressure levels, reported High Times, citing a new study published in the journal "Nature: Scientific Reports."
Researchers found, after examining more than 91,000 people, that lifetime heavy cannabis use was associated with a decrease in both SBP (systolic blood pressure), DBP (diastolic blood pressure) and PP (pulse pressure) in both genders — with a higher effect among women.
Additionally, researchers found that men “presented higher BP levels compared to women, a higher proportion of heavy cannabis users, a higher proportion of current cannabis users, a higher proportion of current smokers, and a higher proportion of high alcohol level.”
Some of these guys wont be pleased with this latest news...For people managing high blood pressure, recalls of the carcinogen-tainted drug quinapril might sound familiar.
Since 2018, more than 12 million bottles of blood pressure-lowering drugs such as valsartan and losartan have been removed from the market because they contained cancer-risk chemicals called nitrosamines.
