Marijuana use dramatically increases risk of dying from heart attacks and stroke, large study finds

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Lifestyle correlation? Article does not discuss methodology. Munchies?

If usage tends to making people sedentary ("couch lock" ) or over-consuming munchies, those effects are secondary and avoidable. Or possibly couch potatoes are more prone to using. Other factors need to be explored because, for example, there is correlation with self-medication and avoidance of alcoholic behaviour. Simply excluding tobacco use is useful, but not definitive.

I wonder if there is, for example, correlation between use of anti-depressants and heart attacks / stroke. I was able to find this:

A definite correlation exists between cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and depressive disorders, yet many aspects of this relationship have remained challenging. Up to 50% of patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) suffer from some depressive symptoms and approximately 20% of them have a diagnosis of major depressive disorder (MDD).1, 2 On the other hand, it has been demonstrated that depressed patients are more vulnerable to experience myocardial infarction even after controlling their pure cardiovascular risk factors.3, 4 Moreover, significantly higher risk of mortality due to cardiovascular events has been reported in patients suffering from psychiatric disorders such as depression.5, 6 {NIH -> National Library of Medicine -> Journal of U of Teheran}