Betty Huiyu Zhang, MD
As more North Americans are partaking of legal cannabis, exposure to the substance does not seem to affect major surgical outcomes, according to the results of a large cohort study.
Canadian researchers have concluded that routine cannabis use does not affect a composite outcome of respiratory/cardiac arrest, ICU admission, stroke, myocardial infarction and mortality during hospital stays.
“Cannabis contains cannabinoids, which can interact with neurotransmitters,