Marijuana’s hidden high

CANNABIS users are three times as likely to die from high blood pressure, even if they do not smoke it frequently.

The danger rose for every year someone used the drug, a study found.

Marijuana’s effects on the cardiovascular system are already known from people taken to hospital with heart attacks and angina after use. But the new findings raise fears over high blood pressure, which strains the blood vessels, heart and other organs, such as the brain.