One thought that occurred as I read this: stress is a known cause of stroke/ heart attack. Perhaps stress-prone individuals seek out cannabis to handle it. Thus

One thought that occurred as I read this: stress is a known cause of stroke/ heart attack. Perhaps stress-prone individuals seek out cannabis to handle it. Thus, the cannabis use and heart disease are correlated, but not caused by each other. Perhaps the paper addresses this, the article did not. It seems this article was written using only the press release about this.[0] The paper would actually provide support for these claims, making it fit for actually reporting on. But the paper will not be released until March 18. So it seems no critical thought was put into the article. My expectation is that journalists report on news once it has been verified, or at least clearly communicating this lack of fact-checking. I think it's a classic case of clickbait headline and low-effort journalism. If they didn't report on this now, some other news outlet (with a lower standard for news) would, and then by the time it was verified, it would be "old news". No ad revenue for you. Nobody is actually enabled to have a discussion about this potential issue because this reporting is so shoddy. The headline parrots the claim made by the researcher with no supporting evidence. By the time the facts come out, the headline has already made its way through the media. So now, we never have a productive conversation about it, and consumers walk away misinformed at best. 0: http://2017.accmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kalla_Marijuana_Consumer-Web-Briefing_Press-Release.pdf http://2017.accmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Kalla_Ma...