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New pot scare alert: 'heart problems'

Teachers tell pupils about the danger of cannabis at Ban Bang Kapi School in Bangkok on June 16. (Photo: Varuth Hirunyatheb)

The Forensic Physician Association of Thailand has warned that people who consume cannabis run the risk of contracting coronary heart disease and other heart-related diseases.

Dr Smith Srisont, the association's president who also heads the operational forensic lab at the Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, said on Tuesday the information came from overseas research on toxicology published in 2019.

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