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This is ridiculous, "post hoc, ergo propter hoc" [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_propter_hoc https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Post_hoc_ergo_pr

• jey 9y ago
  No, it's a case report. They looked for more normal causes of myocarditis and didn't find any. Note that they only claim an association, not that it directly definitely caused it. It seems very plausible that cannabis is toxic to infants in ways that it wouldn't affect adults. Here's a quote of the relevant part of the abstract: > histological consistency with drug-induced myocarditis without confirmed alternate causes, and prior reported cases of cannabis-associated myocarditis, a possible relationship exists between cannabis exposure in this child and myocarditis leading to death