Current Events > Smoking marijuana could lead to breakthrough COVID cases, study finds

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https://nypost.com/2021/10/10/covid-19-breakthrough-cases-linked-to-smoking-marijuana-study-finds/

Heavy marijuana users who are also vaccinated may be more susceptible to breakthrough cases of COVID-19, a new study found.

The study, published last Tuesday in World Psychology, found that those with a substance use disorder (SUD) a dependence on marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, opioids and tobacco were more likely to contract the coronavirus after receiving both of their vaccination shots.

Those without an SUD saw a 3.6 percent rate of breakthrough infections, compared to a 7 percent rate in those with an SUD.

At 7.8 percent, those with marijuana use disorder were most at risk for breakthrough infections, the study found.

Among other substances, the risk disappeared when considering issues such as underlying health conditions and socioeconomic status.

The difference has not been linked directly to marijuana use but could be linked to the behavior of those dependent on marijuana.

Patients with cannabis use disorder, who were younger and had less comorbidities than the other SUD subtypes, had higher risk for breakthrough infection even after they were matched for adverse socioeconomic determinants of health and comorbid medical conditions with non-SUD patients, the researchers wrote.

Additional variables, such as behavioral factors or adverse effects of cannabis on pulmonary and immune function, could contribute to the higher risk for breakthrough infection in this group.

Marijuana advocates said the study did not show that marijuana could be a cause in breakthrough cases, also noting that most marijuana users are not dependent on the drug.

This study is limited to people with substance use disorder which is a very small subset of cannabis consumers, Morgan Fox, media relations director for the National Cannabis Industry Association, told Newsweek.

This is merely correlation and does not show a causal relationship individual behavior patterns and social conditions may be a major contributing factor above and beyond simply exhibiting problematic substance use patterns, such as lack of access to reliable information, sharing joints, etc., she said.

Clearly more study is welcome and necessary, but it is important not to overstate or misrepresent the very inconclusive results presented in this particular research and ensure that cannabis consumers are accurately informed about what the newest research actually indicates, Fox added.
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oh shit

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Basically people that do drugs have a higher chance because high people do dumb shit like 7 minutes in heaven with 20 people in the closet.

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Patients with cannabis use disorder

That's one of the dumbest new diseases I've heard of yet.

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i wonder what it is about "SUD" patients that leads to the increased # in cases, though

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Irony posted...

Basically people that do drugs have a higher chance because high people do dumb shit like 7 minutes in heaven with 20 people in the closet.

Puff puff give seems like an easy way to get it. When I smoked back in the day it was nothing for a room full of people to pass around a blunt.

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nypost is just dailymail for americans

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I mean my coworker smokes likes everyday, went on vacation with her family who she found out later got covid and was directly exposed to it and still didnt get it.

I think MJ has a lot of negative side effects people arent all aware of but I dunno if this is one of them.

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How often and how much do you have to smoke to be considered to have a Substance Use Disorder?

is it the weed or is it getting in a circle with 8 other people smoking the same blunt

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gamer167 posted...

How often and how much do you have to smoke to be considered to have a Substance Use Disorder?

Cannabis use disorder (CUD), also known as cannabis addiction or marijuana addiction, is defined in the fifth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) and ICD-10 as the continued use of cannabis despite clinically significant impairment.[1][2]

THC can exacerbate mental health conditions. Even knowing this and being plagued by the repercussions, many people continue to smoke habitually.

I've known addicts to be so sickened by their habitual smoking/vaping that they're at a fraction of their normal strength and yet they still can't stop themselves from dabbing the equivalent to a quarter or half ounce of weed a day. A heavy vaper like that may need over 4 months for the THC to finally leave their system compared to the semi-regular flower smoker's 30 days.

People this sick...yeah, I can see Covid ripping them apart.

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VigorouslySwish posted...

is it the weed or is it getting in a circle with 8 other people smoking the same blunt

probably the latter, lol

Ive only smoked with 2 other people since the pandemic started and I never get covid even though I smoke every day

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VigorouslySwish posted...

is it the weed or is it getting in a circle with 8 other people smoking the same blunt

this Im guessing lol

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