Marijuana Use Tied To Higher Blood Sugar In Middle Age, University of Minnesota Study

Marijuana use may increase the risk of high blood sugar during middle age, suggests a new study that contradicts earlier reports.

What little research exists on the topic has found that pot smokers tend to be at lower than average risk of diabetes, so the finding that they may have elevated, so-called pre-diabetic blood sugar levels comes as a surprise, the study authors say.

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