Talk:Cannabis (drug)

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User:Alexbrn: Can you clarify your reason for the removal of my recent re-addition about lack of evidence for cannabis overdose fatalities?

1. WP:MEDRS sources from 2010 and 2012 are not "outdated" unless the material has been shown to be wrong.

2. The Drummond source you cite in the Fatality section you created does not reference the term "overdose" at all; it refers primarily to cardiac issues (including some fatalities) that were reported to occur in people who were cannabis users. However, the Drummond article states that "most of the cases and series reporting a possible link between cannabis use and a cardiovascular event have not had a blood measurement positive for THC", that is, there is little evidence for immediately preceding cannabis use (required for an "overdose" fatality). Moreover, the article also states that "the evidence for a link between cannabis use and increased risk of cardiovascular disorder is not clear".

Given the weakness of the article's claims, the following WP:MEDRS based claim that I made does not appear to be contradicted by the article you cited, and strikes me as valid.Finney1234 (talk) 22:54, 3 January 2022 (UTC)