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New pot scare alert: ‘heart problems’

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The Bangkok Post

The Forensic Physician Association of Thailand has warned that people who consume cannabis run the risk of contracting coronary heart disease and other heart-related diseases. Dr Smith Srisont, the association’s president who also heads the operational forensic lab at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, said on Tuesday the information came from overseas research on toxicology published in 2019. It included the cases of 13 people who died from using cannabis. Most were between 17 and 52 and had no underlying diseases or other toxic substances found in their bodies. Blood tests also s…

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