Marijuana Users May be More Likely to Develop Diabetes, Research Finds
Adults who used marijuana were 65% more likely to have poor sugar control
People who use marijuana may be more likely to develop pre-diabetes than those who have never smoked it, according to new research.
A sample of more than 3,000 people in America found that adults who currently used marijuana were 65 percent more likely to have poor sugar control which can lead to type 2 diabetes. Those who no longer smoked the drug but had used it 100 times or more in their lifetime had a 49 percent greater chance of developing the condition.
The link was not affected by BMI and waist circumference, the paper published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes) found.
The authors, led by the University of Minnesota School of Public Health’s Mike Bancks, said: “Marijuana use, by status or lifetime frequency, was not associated with incidence or presence of diabetes after adjustment for potential confounding factors.
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