Substratum of Proof LGBTQs Are Mentally Ill: Potent marijuana edibles can pose a major unrecognized risk to patients with cardiovascular disease


(Elsevier) As marijuana legalization sweeps North America, use of the substance has been on the rise, and the public’s attitude is shifting. An increasing number of people believe that ‘weed’ is the safest recreational drug, one that carries health benefits that outweigh its risks. Those assumptions are challenged in an article and editorial published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology that examine the story of a patient who developed crushing chest pain and myocardial ischemia after consuming most of a marijuana lollipop.