In a new study it is found marijuana leads to gum disease in the long run, probably after more than twenty years if smoked pot regularly.
Assistant professor of psychology at Arizona State University, Madeline Meier, conducted the study with colleagues at Duke University, King’s College in the UK and the University of Otago in New Zealand. He surveyed about 1,000 people in New Zealand from birth to age 38. All of them were asked to self-report marijuana usage at various ages of their lives.
The study didn’t find any adverse physical effects such as systemic inflammation, lung function and several measures of metabolic syndrome including HDL cholesterol, waist circumference, triglycerides, glucose control, blood pressure and body mass index.
As the people who were surveyed were tobacco smokers, they didn’t have adverse effects in the areas of pot smoking.
Meier said, “We don’t want people to think, ‘Hey, marijuana can’t hurt me,’ because other studies have shown that marijuana use is associated with increased risk of psychotic illness, IQ decline and downward socioeconomic mobility.”
According to co-author Avshalom Caspi, the negative effects of marijuana are not as bad as believed.
It may be harmful in some respects but not in all and we need to recognize it has some adverse consequences.
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