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The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed academic journal JAMA Cardiology, examined how smoking marijuana or eating THC-laced edibles might impact blood vessels in the body and the heart.

Using THC-laced edibles and smoking marijuana are both linked to early signs of cardiovascular disease, a new study found.

“Rats exposed to marijuana smoke with no cannabinoids at all also had vascular and cardiac impairment, plus tobacco smoke is known to cause heart disease and it has no THC,” Springer said.

The study, which was published in the peer-reviewed academic journal JAMA Cardiology, examined how smoking marijuana or eating THC-laced edibles might impact blood vessels in the body and the heart.