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Cannabis Use & Surgery: Post Operative Risks Increases

Patients that use cannabis and undergo a major surgery, run a 18 percent higher risk of post-operative complications to include “in hospital deaths”. These are the findings of authors Potnuru, P (et.al.) released in “JAMA Surgery” on July 5, 2023.  Based on a study of over 12,000 post operative hospitalizations, from 2016 – 2019, researchers […]